
Double walled buckbrush basket with small mouth, added feathers, leather strips, and painted wooden splint running horizontally

Double walled buckbrush basket with small mouth, added feathers, leather strips, and painted wooden splint running horizontally
Wool wedding coat with gold-colored epaulettes / Unknown
Curatorial Remarks
Most wedding coats were greatly modified from it's original state as a military coat. Wedding coats were the most valuable gift from one family to the other; there were very few occasions where this significant type of gift was given. The Osage are the only tribe to wear wedding coats.
Tags: German silver buttons, gold epaulettes, wedding coat
People: Osage
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: dances, weddings
From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Tags: German silver buttons, gold epaulettes, wedding coat
People: Osage
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: dances, weddings
From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology