How To Make Mandella's

  Written By Dee Stewart

         	The Mandella's are started by tying a center piece of rabbit skin or 

		leather in a 14 to 19 inch ring.  The center piece is nearly as large 

		as the ring.  If it is leather I usually attach or paint some a design

		on it.  Once the center piece is attached, either by gluing  or tying 

		the ends around the ring I wrap the exposed parts of the ring with either

		leather string or rabbit fur.  On the lower half of the ring, pieces of 

		rabbit fur or leather ties 16 to 20 inches long are attached.  The hanging

		pieces are then decorated with beads and feathers.  I then attach 2 large

	        feathers (either turkey or fake eagle feather) to the top of a long braid

	        of rabbit fur.  One is attached on each side of the ring.