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  1. 2008.41.1 - Jacket

    Patchwork jacket with three bands of patchwork on the arms and body and black collar and cuffs with ric-rac. There are no buttons or other discernable way of closing the front of the jacket. The base color of the first band is green, the second is pink, nd the third is blue. The main "background" color of the jacket is black. The jacket was purchased from a Seminole man, possibly named Billy something, along the Tamiami Trail in either 1958...

    Record Type: Object

    Jacket
  2. 2008.41.2 - Skirt

    Patchwork skirt with three rows of patchwork. The first has a main color of yellow, the second is green, and the third is white. The main "background" color of the skirt is black. The skirt was purchased in either 1958 or 1954 from a Seminole man possibly named Billy something along the Tamiami Trail. The skirt was pick out for purchase by the donors mother and was purchased at the same time as the jacket cataloged 2008.41.1.

    Record Type: Object

    Skirt
  3. 2008.41.3 - Doll

    Small palmetto fiber female doll with cape and skirt. The cape is orange and red and the skirt is dark blue and light blue. There is no patchwork of the dolls clothing. The doll also has four rows of different color beads and the black fabric representing the traditional hairstyle.

    Record Type: Object

    Doll
  4. 2008.41.4 - Doll

    Small palmetto fiber female doll with cape and skirt. The cape is red and pink and the skirt is cream (possibly originally white) and dark blue. There is no patchwork on the dolls clothing. The doll also has four rows of different color beads and the black fabric representing the traditional hairstyle.

    Record Type: Object

    Doll
  5. 2008.42.1 - Doll

    Palmetto fiber female doll with cape and skirt. The cape is green and red and the skirt is pink and blue. There is no patchwork on the dolls clothing. The doll also has two rows of red beads, one row of blue beads, and a partial row of red, blue, and purple beads. The doll has the black fabric used to demonstrate the traditional hairstyle.

    Record Type: Object

    Doll
  6. 2008.42.2 - Doll

    Small female doll with a palmetto fiber head but no body. The cape is black and pink and the skirt is green. There is no patchwork on the dolls clothing. The doll also has one row of multicolored beads. The black cloth demonstrating the traditional hairstyle has faded to almost purple and is ripped and torn.

    Record Type: Object

    Doll
  7. 2008.46.1 - Doll

    Wooden, female Seminole doll with textile patchwork dress and cape. The wooden center of the doll is oval in cross section with a carved head on top. The features of nose, mouth and hair style are carved in form. The hair, eyes, nostrils, and ear details are colored with black paint. The arms are also made of wood and are nailed or tacked into the wooden core. The arms move slightly as they rotate on the nails. The cape is made from cot...

    Record Type: Object

    Doll
  8. 2008.47.1 - Doll

    Female palmetto fiber doll w/ no patchwork Small female Seminole doll made from palmetto husk fiber. The doll is wearing a skirt and cape made from horizontal strips of cotton textile in black, red, yellow, teal, whie and blue. The doll has three rows of multi-colored glass beaded necklaces around her neck. She has eyes and mouth made from stitches of cotton floss. The traditional hair style is indicated with black fabric pulled tightly ov...

    Record Type: Object

    Doll
  9. 2009.27.1 - Blouse

    Black short sleeved blouse, which is part of an outfit together with 2009.27.2, a black skirt with patchwork. The bodice of the black blouse is made from a modern synthetic material (rayon?) with puffed sleeves made from four tiered layers of black toule. The cloth tag in the back of the shirt collar has the image of a shell and reads "Sanibelles." There are two sewn darts running down the front and back of the shirt to make it form fitting. ...

    Record Type: Object

    Blouse
  10. 2009.27.2 - Skirt

    Black skirt with one band of red, orange, and yellow patchwork in a diamond rattlesnake pattern. The patchwork row is banded by rows of pink, blue, orange and yellow fabric. This skirt is part of an outfit together with 2009.27.1, a black short sleeved blouse and is made from a synthetic modern material (rayon?). The skirt has a 1.25" waistband and a 7.5" section that fits tightly over the hips. The full skirt is gathered tightly at the bott...

    Record Type: Object

    Skirt
  11. 2009.27.3 - Cape

    Light blue lace shawl, goes with 2009.27.4 (blouse) and 2009.27.5 (patchwork skirt). The light blue shawl has a central seam running down the back. The rayon collar (1.75" wide) has a point on the back and a scoop neck on the front. The lace has a floral and scroll pattern on with a scalloped bottom edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Cape
  12. 2009.27.4 - Shirt

    Blue sleeveless blouse or tanktop shell that goes with 2009.27.3 (shawl) and 2009.27.5 (patchwork skirt). The blouse is made from a shiny modern synthetic (rayon) fabric. There are sets of snaps on the top of each shoulder that match up to snaps in the lace shawl to attach the shawl to the blouse. There are three outy (male) snaps on each shoulder. Machine stitched darts run down the front and back of the blouse so that it is form fitting. T...

    Record Type: Object

    Shirt
  13. 2009.27.5 - skirt

    Blue skirt with one band of patchwork in a diamond pattern (blue, white pink) bordered by blue and pink straight bands of cloth, goes with 2009.27.3 (shawl) and 2009.27.4 (blouse). The skirt has a 2.5" wide waist band with three eye hooks to close it at the side. There is a 8" wide section over the hips that opens up to a wider/fuller bottom skirt.

    Record Type: Object

    skirt
  14. 2009.31.1 - Jacket

    Red long-sleeved patchwork jacket with two rows of patchwork (one black and white, and one yellow, blue and white). Has an attached tag that says "Everglades Shark Valley Craft Center, Seminole/Miccosukee, Shoulder 18", Sleeve 23.5", Waist ", 2-D jacket". Pedro Zepeda identified Everglades Shark Valley Craft Center as the store that belonged to his uncle Pete Osceola Sr. Lorraine P. Saunders purchased it from that store.

    Record Type: Object

    Jacket
  15. 2009.8.1 - Big Shirt

    This big shirt was made to be worn by Seminole men. The big shirt is composed of a top shirt-like component, attached to a bottom skirt-like component by a cinched waist of three horizontal bands. The top half is 26" by 32" and the bottom is 17" by 30". The shirt component has varying sized horizontal bands of patchwork, appliqué and ric-rac from different cloths, including both cotton and silk. The skirt component is floral designed cotton fa...

    Record Type: Object

    Big Shirt
  16. 2009.8.2 - Jacket

    Male Seminole Patchwork jacket with the main color of orange. The jacket has four rows of cotton patchwork, thin rows of applique bands and ric-rac. The four patchwork rows are as follows from top to bottom: Top row is white and green "zig-zag" pattern, the next row is white, blue and yellow "mountains" pattern, the next row is orange, green, blue, white and pink "diamond rattlesnake" pattern, and the bottom row is white and blue triangular "f...

    Record Type: Object

    Jacket
  17. 2010.11.1 - Big Shirt

    A man's large patchwork bigshirt. The main color is blue, and the shirt has three bands of patchwork. The lowest pattern is fire, but the other two patterns are not identified in Dorothy Downs' book. The lower skirt has a purple flower-print strip of fabric in the skirt section. There are buttons along the center opening an on the PL cuff.

    Record Type: Object

    Big Shirt
  18. 2010.11.2 - Jacket

    Man's cotton patchwork jacket. The main color is green with four bands of patchwork. From top to bottom the patchwork patterns (as labeled in Dorothy Downs book) are: 1. A variation on the broken arrow pattern in red and yellow 2. Diamond back rattlesnake in blue, yellow, maroon, orange and green. 3. A diagonal T pattern in yellow and blue. 4. A blocky archway pattern in purple and pink. There are no buttons or ties to close the jacket.

    Record Type: Object

    Jacket
  19. 2010.11.3 - Shirt

    Man's cotton patchwork shirt. The main color is orange, and the shirt has two bands of patchwork in "cross or sacred fire" pattern (Dorothy Downs). The shirt has black and orange panels at the bottom. The shirt has a flaring orange collar. There are button holes along the proper left opening and at the cuffs, but no buttons remain.

    Record Type: Object

    Shirt
  20. 2010.13.1 - Skirt

    Black patchwork skirt with four bands of patchwork and numerous bands of ric-rac. The skirt is straight in form without much flouncing. The patchwork is small, with the bands ranging in size from 1 to 1.5". The patchwork patterns (as identified in Dorothy Downs book) are as follows from top to bottom: Wave pattern in pink, green, and blue, Diamondback Rattlesnake in white, orange and blue, Wave pattern in white, blue, yellow and red, and X d...

    Record Type: Object

    Skirt

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