What was Osage clothing like? Did the Osages wear feather headdresses and face paint?
Osage women wore long deerskin dresses and leggings, which they decorated with fancy beadwork and ribbon applique. Osage men wore breechcloths with leather leggings. The Osages wore moccasins on their feet, and in cold weather, they wore long buffalo-hide robes. Later, Osage people adapted European costume such as cloth dresses and vests. Here is a site with pictures of Osage ceremonial garments, and some photos and links about Indian clothing in general. Osage Indian leaders sometimes wore the long warbonnets that Plains Indians are famous for, but more often, they wore headbands or turban-like caps made of otter fur, with feathers sticking up in the back. Some Osage warriors shaved their heads except for a scalplock (one long lock of hair in back) and wore a porcupine roach on top. Other Osage men wore their hair long. Osage women wore their hair either loose or braided. Both men and women wore tribal tattoos, which were marks of honor that only distinguished warriors and their wives
