The Osage Tribal Museum invites all Osages to witness a historic celebration of the unveiling of the Fidelis Cole bust, the seventh in a series, at the Osage Tribal Museum, at 11 a.m. on Feb. 16.
The sculptures of a number of Osage individuals were made in 1912 in Pawhuska for the Smithsonian’s Department of Natural History.
It is not known why these individuals were chosen, but thirteen molds were made and nine were made into full-size busts.
The one and only instance the busts have been displayed was at the Panama California Exposition in 1915 and 1916 in San Diego.
In June 2005 the Albert Penn bust was presented by the family and Department of Anthropology of the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History.
The Shun-kah-mo-lah bust was the second one unveiled at the Osage Tribal Museum in May 2008, during the celebration of “Osage Tribal Museum Day” in honor of the museum’s 70th Anniversary.
The third bust, Charles McDougan, was unveiled on May 11, 2009; the fourth bust, Henry Pratt, was unveiled June 13, 2009; the fifth bust, William Fletcher, was unveiled August 1, 2009; and, the sixth bust, Ah-Hu-Shin-Kah (Little Wing) was unveiled December 11, 2010.
The bust of Wa-Xthi-Zhi (Charles Wah-Hre-She) will be unveiled in March, and the bust of Wah-Nah-She-Shin-Ki (Principal Chief Fred Lookout) will be unveiled in April.
The Osage Tribal Museum is the only site in the world where people can view the busts.
The public is cordially invited to attend this important event. For more information, please contact the Osage Tribal Museum at (918) 287-5441.
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Osage Nation Museum
Original Publish Date: 2011-02-11 00:00:00
