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Wool skirt with silk ribbonwork / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

Women began to appear in straight dances in the 1940s. Before then, they did not participate in the dances. The I'n-Lon-Schka was strictly a men's society. Women may have worn these in the soldier dance society. It would have been worn with a blouse and a blanket.

Tags: ribbonwork, skirt
People: Osage
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial events, dance, public events

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Wool skirt with silk ribbonwork
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Osage
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
wool, silk
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Skirt
Accession No: 
97.6
Department: 
Anthropology
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