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Essay/Description

A navy cotton man's dance vest decorated with two Seminole-style patchwork bands running horizontally across the vest. The top one is red, white, and blue. This one is bounded with red and blue rickrack and white binding. The bottom one is peach, red, navy, yellow, and orange. It is bordered by beige bands and red rickrack applique.

Curatorial Remarks

Tags: man's vest, Seminole style ribbonwork
People: Julia Winningham, Euchee
Places: Southeast, Eastern Oklahoma
Purpose: personal activity , social events

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Cloth man's vest with Seminole style ribbonwork
Creator(s): 
Julia Winningham (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Euchee
Date: 
1998
Materials/Techniques: 
cotton, thread, elastic
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds provided by The Fund for Folk Culture / Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program
Accession No: 
95.18
Previous Number(s): 
TL1998.35.3
Department: 
Not On View

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