Snapped at the 2019 annual rendezvous reenactment at Yadkin County, NC.
Historically the rendezvous was a time for fur trappers, long hunters and Indians to gather to buy, trade and sell their wares. It was both a commercial enterprise and a time for loose living. The last rendezvous was held about 1840.
Note the hat worn by the male pictured above. In short, he is wearing his wealth in silver. It is on his hat for two reasons: first, it showed that he had the resource to make purchases; second, if he desired the serves of a scarlet women his money was safe from theft being sewn on his hat.
In real life the woman above is his wife. As a reenactor she is "his woman."
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