National Register Record for CHIEF NE-KAH-WAH-SHE-TUN-KAH GRAVE AND STATUE

Historic Name: CHIEF NE-KAH-WAH-SHE-TUN-KAH GRAVE AND STATUE
Current Name: None
Address: FAIRFAX CEMETERY
City: FAIRFAX            County: OSAGE
Section: 13, NE4, NE4, NE4, NE4           Township: 24N           Range: 5E          
Description of significance: THE LAST TRADITIONAL OSAGE BURIAL CEREMONY PERFORMED IN WHICH A HUMAN SCALP WAS PLACED IN THE GRAVE TO ALLOW HIS SPIRIT TO ENTER THE SPIRIT WORLD. THE SCALP WAS OF WICHITA CHIEF A-SA-WAH, AND ITS TAKING PRECIPITATED AN INTERTRIBAL INCIDENT THAT LED THE G

Type: O OBJECT
Historic Function: 07B GRAVE/BURIAL
Current Function: 07B GRAVE BURIAL
Area of Significance 1: 022 HISTORIC - ABORIGINAL
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: 98 INAPPLICABLE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1923            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: KENT RUTH, A GUIDE TO THE SOONER STATE, NORMAN: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 1957.
Date Prepared: 9/1978