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What did osage indians wear?

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The Osage (their real name is more like Wah-zha-zhe) were close relatives of the Omahas, Kansas, Poncas and Quapaws and were warlike farmers living on the fringes of the Great Plains.

Men wore very distinctive breechclouts with extremelyshort flaps front and back. Leggings had seams down the front of the leg, covered with quillwork bands decorated with hair fringes; beaded garters also had hair fringes at each side. Leggings often covered the moccasins. Men often went without shirts, depending on robes for extra warmth when needed.

Women originally wore only a wrap-around skirt of buckskin; some added a poncho-like garment. Later the Plains-style dress was adopted. Leggings were knee-length, seamed at the front and gartered.

One-piece soft-sole moccasins had a seam running the entire length of the sole (a style also used by the Quapaw). Later, hard-sole Plains style moccasins were worn, beaded and painted; men's moccasins had no cuff while those of the women were fitted with large cuffs.

Some men wore their hair long, but warriors shaved the head except for a scalplock and a short tuft to which was fitted a dyed deerhair roach. Women wore their hair loose or in two braids.

Some men wore stiff otter-skins like turbans, fitted with a feather or two at the back; fur caps were worn in winter.

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