Paint Clan
Ani Wadi
Why the Paint Clan?
The Paint Clan was responible for creating red paint for religious ceremonies. The paint was put on tribe members faces and bodies for decoration.
What Else Did They Do?
The Paint Clan also created medicines and tended to people. On the way to battle, the Paint Clan would bring medicine and other sacred objects into battle. They were the clan's physicians and medicine men.
Facts
- Their color is white.
- Their wood is locust.
- It is one of seven other clans.
- They typically would use red paint.
A Paint Clan ceremonial mask.
A Cherokee council meeting with every clan.
The Cherokee flag today.