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2023.27.1 - Painting
"Miccoksukee Village on Tamiami Trail" by Paul Arsenault. The village at Fakahatchee was home to Corey and Juanita Osceola, who are the grandparents of Tina Osceola. Tina often visited her family's camp there when she was a child, and she is depicted in the painting wearing a red cape and sewing patchwork with her aunt Tahama Osceola. Paul Arsenault painted the scene during a visit to the village in 1980, but has continued to make revisions to...
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2023.29.1 - Hat
Cotton patchwork hat with ric-rac ribbon, patchwork band, and pleating on the bottom rim. Primary colors are blue, orange, white, and red. The has green cotton lining on the interior. There are three white and red ric-rac ribbons attached to the top of the hat. This hat was donated by Roxy White, who inherited the items from her mother. The object was most likely acquired between 1955-1965.
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2023.29.2 - Dress
Violet patchwork dress with short sleeves. The neckline is decorated with three rows of yellow ric-rac ribbons. The bodice is closed at the back with a zipper from the neckline to the hip line. The top of the dress has a patchwork band of medicine colors and four rows of yellow ric-rac above the patchwork. The skirt has two patchwork bands with multiple rows of ric-rac. This dress was donated by Roxy White, who inherited the items from her mot...
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2023.29.3 - Blouse
Women's navy blue cotton patchwork blouse. There is one band of white and navy patchwork along the neckline expanding down towards the chest. The blouse is peasant-style, with a neckline and sleeves that are cinched with elastic. There are three rows of white ric-rac above the patchwork band and six rows of white and purple ric-rac beneath. This blouse was donated by Roxy White, who inherited the items from her mother. The object was most like...
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2023.29.4 - Skirt
Navy blue cotton patchwork skirt. The skirt has one band of patchwork with a diamond pattern. There are thirteen rows of white and purple ric-rac above the patchwork band and eleven rows beneath the band in the same colors. Five rows of ric-rac are also stitched along the bottom hemline. This skirt was donated by Roxy White, who inherited the items from her mother. The object was most likely acquired between 1955-1965.
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2023.30.1 - Dress
Blue sheath dress with nontraditional vertical patchwork. The dress is also nontraditional, as knee-length patchwork dresses are not often seen. There are four patchwork bands sewn together with various colored strips in vertical orientation. Narrow strips of fabric are sewn upon the wide strips. The dress is sewn on a sewing machine, and the neckline and hem are handsewn. The dress was donated to the Ah-Tah-Thi-K- Museum by Jacqueline Berg, w...
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2023.8.1 - Painting
Painting by Josephine Motlow North depicting a woman riding a horse. The woman is wearing an orange patchwork jacket, and she is riding a grey horse with an orange and yellow blanket draped over its back. The background of the painting is also a vibrant orange. This is possibly a self-portrait of the artist, although that is not confirmed.
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2023.9.1 - Painting
"Three Generations of Osceola" painting by David Blackard. A woman in a patchwork skirt and cape stands holding a baby. Behind her is a tree with a portrait of the famous Seminole warrior, Osceola, pinned to it. The woman in the image is Councilwoman Mariann Billie's grandmother, Marion Cypress Bowers. The baby is either Mariann Billie or her sibling.
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2023.9.2 - Skirt
Yellow and brown skirt with two rows of patchwork in a star design. There are nine rows of brown ric-rac on the top of the skirt, followed by seven rows of brown and tan ric-rac. This pattern continues in the middle and bottom of the skirt. There are also six rows of tan and white ric-rac in the shape of a diamond around the patchwork design. This skirt was purchased from Donna Blackard, wife of the late David Blackard. David was the former d...
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2024.19.1 - Painting
Painting by Elgin Jumper entitled "Seminole Starry Night". Style and imagery influenced by Van Gogh's "Starry Night" as part of an ongoing series of paintings by Jumper which take inspiration from canonical works. Features a woman in a patchwork skirt and red/white cape standing in a field, which is painted in a highly textured impasto style, beneath the night sky, which features a swirling display of light and celestial forms in warm oranges and...
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2024.21.1 - Jacket
Red satin patchwork jacket with 4 bands of multicolored small patchwork, primarily featuing diamond designs, and dense bands of multicolored ric-rac. Purchased on eBay by donor.
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2024.21.2 - Jacket
Blue patchwork jacket with two bands of patchwork. Both use jagged triangular patterns - at top is a red and yellow fire pattern and towards the middle of the jacket is a light blue, maroon, and orange wave pattern on a green field. Alleged provenance with the Ringling Brothers, who put on shows featuring representatives from various tribes in their traditional clothing.
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2024.21.3 - Jacket
Black cotton patchwork jacket with two bands of multicolored patchwork given to the donor, Mr. John Rotruck, upon his induction into the Iron Arrow Honor Society at the University of Miami in 1994. The white ric-rac on the collar is in the shape of an arrowhead, a characteristic feature of jackets given to members of the Iron Arrow Society. University of Miami's colors (orange, green, and white) are prominently featured in the bands of X design p...
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2024.26.1 - Jacket
Patchwork jacket handmade for donor's mother in the 1940's. Base is an olive green cotton fabric with various single-color strips of fabric sewn on the shoulders, along the buttons down the front, which appear to be made of shell or bone, and around the bands of patchwork. The jacket features four bands of medium-sized patchwork - a tan and blue cross/sacred fire design on a maroon background, a black-in-orange diamond pattern, perhaps snake or a...
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2024.29.1 - Skirt
Patchwork skirt made by Iretta Tiger with Beetlejuice pattern/theme. Features a Beetlejuice pattern at top, a neon green band with black ric-rac and black lace flowers, another band of Beetlejuice pattern fabric, a band of black and white rain pattern patchwork bordered by purple fabric with neon green ric-rac, a final band of Beetlejuice fabric, and finally a trim of purple lace over neon green fabric.
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2024.30.1 - Jacket
Bright green patchwork jacket, small. Belonged to donor's mother - donor believs she acquired it in the late 1970's or early 1980's. The jacket is machine stitched and has a nylon coil type zipper and button cuff closure. Features two bands of different diamond pattern patchwork and numerous bands of ric-rac, featuring green, black, white, pink, red, blue, orange, brown, and yellow material.
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2024.31.1 - Doll
Male palmetto fiber doll wearing blue patchwork big shirt. Created ca. 1938, collected by Rev. William R. Riddiough of Machias, Maine while he was living in the Indian River area. Missing arms. Features black hair, a red medicine man's scarf, and a patchwork bigshirt featuring a rain/storm design.
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2024.32.1 - Skirt
Patchwork skirt with large band of diamond geometric design patchwork on lower half and ric-rac on silk satin weave. Silk may have been black at origin but is now brown due to UV exposure. Patchwork band is pink, purple, and brown on a light tan fabric. Ric rac is red, blue, and tan, and band near waist is light blue. Waistband with tie for waist is red.
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2024.33.1 - Painting
Portrait of Annie Tommie by James Hutchinson. Tommie is depicted seated, wearing a red, blue, and yellow old style patchwork dress or cape and a large number of beaded necklaces and holding a palmetto frond across her chest with her right hand. She is against a black background, on which her name is painted in gold, first name to the left and surname to the right of her head.
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2024.36.1 - Skirt
Incomplete patchwork skirt. White base with 5 bands of patchwork, including a band of blue, orange, and black diamondback rattlesnake pattern, a band of black, yellow, red, and light blue patchwork, a green, yellow, and red band of 4 crossed logs/logs on sacred fire patchwork, a grey, orange, white, and black X/diamond patchwork, and a red, blue, yellow, grey, and white patchwork band which appears to be an interpolation of cross and sweet potato...
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