ear guages in the 1800s

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Kris
Although a little west for Ohio it could be expected that some Osage Warriors did trade within this area?
I know Thomas Jefferson had a meeting with a large number of Osage in Washington DC so they probably traveled on the Ohio river or in Indiana and Ohio on the way to the meeting?
I found this picture hope it helps.
http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Charles-Balthazar-J.-F.-Saint-Memin/Indian-Chief-Of-The-Little-Osages,-C.1807.html
and
http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Charles-Balthazar-J.-F.-Saint-Memin/Cachasunghia,-An-Osage-Warrior,-1806.html

Looks like ear guages to me.