Abstract
A surprising number of Osceola’s personal possessions have survived to the present, a circumstance no doubt attributable to his fame during life and to the fact that he died in captivity. Goggin (1955; see Bibliography following) has located and carefully described four items of Osceola’s clothing and jewelry, and has compared them with their pictorial representation in Osceola portraits. The four pieces are not only the oldest documented Seminole examples of their types, but are among the oldest dated Seminole ethnographic specimens of any kind. Hence they are important for the study of the history of Seminole material culture, as well as having historical interest due to their association with Osceola.
Recommended Citation
Sturtevant, William C.
(1955)
"Osceola’s Coats?,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 34:
No.
4, Article 4.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol34/iss4/4
