LENAPE NAMES OF TRADITIONAL CLOTHING
These are names and photographs of some of the traditional clothing worn by the Lenape or Delaware Indians. The lists will start at the top of the head and work down. In the first column there are links in blue that can be clicked to take you to the Lenape Talking Dictionary (www.talk-lenape.org) where you can hear the Lenape name of the item.
DELAWARE WOMAN’S TRADITIONAL CLOTHING
Artwork by Delaware artist Brice Vaughn
Artwork by Delaware artist Brice Vaughn
ansipëlaon hourglass shaped headpiece worn by http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=499 women.
Some speakers called it ansiptakàn
chixamokàn comb worn at the back of the head http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=869
sìlkhasik ahkwiyàn ribbonworked blanket for wearing http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=17677
tàkhwëmpës blouse http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=11768
ànixkàmana brooches http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=12820 (showing the arrangement of the small brooches on a woman’s blouse collar)
tëpèthun wrapped skirt http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=10116 Skirt decorated with ribbonwork
Skirt decorated with ribbonwork and beadwork
kakuna leggings http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1627
xkwei kakuna woman’s leggings http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=16680
lënhàksëna moccasins http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=3906
ACCESSORIES
mënutès bag http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=4634
xèsinutay tulip purse (pictured) or any bag made of http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=11564 hide
xinkwi ànixkàman large brooch http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=12821 (see the photo of the blouse above to see where this brooch is worn)
shòl Delaware woman’s dance shawl http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9568
lèlèhun fan http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=3851
DELAWARE MAN’S TRADITIONAL CLOTHING
tëmakwei alukwèpi hat of beaver fur http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=10045
psikalu roach http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8893
hèmpës shirt http://talk-lenape.org/detail.id=1292
lënuwahèmpës man’s shirt http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=11924
ehapuchihëlak man’s shirt http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=952 an older style of man’s shirt with a jabot front
worn by Jack Harry of Western Delawares
pëntahsënakàn bandoleer bag http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=8561
kèkwi këlamapisun wampum belt http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=12577
manshapiahasik beaded belt këlamapisun (made by Delaware http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=17678 artist Joe Baker)
shakhùkwiàn coat http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9292
sakutakàn breechcloth http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=9109
kakuna leggings http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1627 made of cloth and decorated with ribbonwork
Xèsi kakuna leggings made of deerhide http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=17676 decorated with beadwork
këlixkònèpi garter http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=1951
lënhàksëna moccasins http://talk-lenape.org/detail?id=3906
compiled by Jim Rementer, director Lenape Language Project