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

Curatorial Remarks

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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Anthropology Item Information

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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

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall (Skirt - Waist to hem):

Length: 32 3/4in. (83.2cm)

Overall (Skirt - Width):

Width: 49in. (124.5cm)

Overall (Skirt - Waist):

Width: 14in. (35.6cm)

Overall (Shirt - Shoulder to shoulder):

Width: 15 1/4in. (38.7cm)

Overall (Shirt - Collar to hem):

Length: 24 1/4in. (61.6cm)

Overall (Shirt - Width):

Width: 19in. (48.3cm)

Overall (Shirt - Collar Width ):

Width: 3in. (7.6cm)

Overall (Shirt - Shoulder to cuff):

Length: 19in. (48.3cm)

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

blue, ceremony, Convergence of Native Cultures in Northeast Oklahoma: Connecting Ancient to Modern, cotton (textile), dance, Dancing, dress, Native Americans, Oklahoma, outfit, ribbon, shirt, silk, skirt, southeast, white (color), yellow

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Unknown. Girl's blue cotton shirt and skirt with yellow silk ribbon attachments. 99.209a-b. 1997. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/99209a-b (09/09/2019).

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