E0465: Seminole Doll Basket

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0465

Classification Category:

7:Distribution & Transportation Artifacts ➞ Container

Materials:

botanical ➔ fiber
fabric ➔ cloth
fabric ➔ thread

Dimensions:

26.5 cm W
19 cm H

Source Locality:

Osceola Village, Naples, Florida, USA

Description:

Basket made of bundles of sweet grass fiber hitched together with colored cotton thread. The lid handle is a female doll head.

This doll head has a typical cylindrical structure made of woven brown palmetto fibers. She is wearing beaded jewelry and a black bonnet. This style is very similar to traditional female Seminole dress. She is intentionally vague-looking as the Seminole people believe that it is bad luck to make a doll an exact representation of a living person.

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