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Seminole patchwork, referred to by Seminole and Miccosukee women as Taweekaache (design in the Mikasuki language),[1] is a patchwork style made from piecing colorful strips of fabric in horizontal bands.[2] Seminole patchwork garments are often trimmed with a rickrack border. Early examples of this technique are known from photographs in the 1910s, and its use by Seminole women in garment construction began to flourish in the 1920s.[3] Seminole patchwork has historically been an important source of income for many Seminole women, and today remains a source of cultural pride.[3] Fashion designers, including Donna Karan, have been criticized for their appropriation of this patchwork style.[4]

Gallery

  • Seminole patchwork fringed dance shawl, ca. 1980s, by Susie Cypress (Seminole Tribe of Florida) from the Big Cypress Reservation, Florida
    Seminole patchwork fringed dance shawl, ca. 1980s, by Susie Cypress (Seminole Tribe of Florida) from the Big Cypress Reservation, Florida
  • Ruby Jumper Billie: Big Cypress Reservation, Florida. Florida Memory, Set 72157633485327257, ID 8790883947, State Library and Archives of Florida.
    Ruby Jumper Billie: Big Cypress Reservation, Florida. Florida Memory, Set 72157633485327257, ID 8790883947, State Library and Archives of Florida.
  • Seminole patchwork, Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI), ~1960. Photographer: Carmelo Guadagno (Jimmy Guadagno)
    Seminole patchwork, Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI), ~1960. Photographer: Carmelo Guadagno (Jimmy Guadagno)
  • Seminole patchwork jacket worn by Iron Arrow Honor Society members, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
    Seminole patchwork jacket worn by Iron Arrow Honor Society members, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

References

  1. ^ "Patchwork". Florida Museum. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  2. ^ Downs, Dorothy (1995). Art of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians. University Press of Florida. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1536-7. OCLC 912815230.
  3. ^ a b "Seminole Clothing". Semtribe. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  4. ^ "Seminole Patchwork: Admiration And Appropriation". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seminole_patchwork&printable=yes