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Girl's blue cotton shirt and skirt with yellow silk ribbon attachments / Unknown

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The top is a ribbon shirt. These ribbons are much shorter than they use to be. Ribbon shirts are worn by both men and women; these types of shirts share a common design. The ribbons first appear on men's shirts and later were attached to women's shirts. Ribbon shirts were first worn by Prairie Tribes and then picked up by Southeastern Tribes in the 1880s and 1890s, post-removal.

Tags: shirt, skirt, silk ribbon, blue, yellow
People: Euchee
Places: Southeast, Eastern Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, ceremonial events

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

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Title(s): 
Girl's blue cotton shirt and skirt with yellow silk ribbon attachments
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Euchee
Date: 
1997
Materials/Techniques: 
cotton, silk
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Shirt and Skirt
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds gifted by the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program
Accession No: 
99.209a-b
Previous Number(s): 
TL1997.25.13
Department: 
Anthropology
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