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what was their art like?
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Like all other societies, the Plateau Indians had art - it was woven into their religion and their everyday life. They decorated their clothing,
their bodies, the everyday objects like baskets and bowls.
Anthropologists say that there was little that separated Plateau Indian
art from the art of their neighbors. Instead it seemed to be derived for the
most part from their neighbors. Thus there was a a western branch of Plateau
Indian art which was influenced by the Northwest Coast culture, and there
was an eastern branch of Plateau Art which was influenced by the Plains Indians culture.
Plastic arts, like carvings, sculpture and totem poles were rare, except in the vicinity of the Northwest Coast.
Decorative art consisted of pictographic designs with a symbolic content, referring to supernatural beings and cosmic things.
Musicals styles, like artistic styles, were also divided between the Northwest Coast and the Plains Indians styles.
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