Northwest Coast Amerindian robe. (Gods of the Cataclysm)
George Catlin, the artist, when he went on his nineteenth-century Indian visiting trip, sketched a Blackfoot warrior in full horned regalia (above) He has this to say about him: This custom of wearing horns beautifully polished and surmounting the head-dress, is a very curious one, being worn only by the bravest of the brave; by the most extraordinary men of the nation.