Boy's outfit

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Culture/People
Seminole
Previous owner
John Osceola, Seminole
Texas Jim Mitchell (James I. Mitchell), Non-Indian, 1891-1973
Mae Gordon Mitchell (Mrs. Texas Jim Mitchell/Alice M. MItchell), Non-Indian, 1901-1992
Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI-HF), 1916-1989
Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
Donor
Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
Object Name
Boy's outfit
Media/Materials
Muslin
Techniques
Sewn
Dimensions
58.4 x 57.2 cm
Object Type
Clothing/Garments
Place
Big Cypress Reservation; Hendry County; Florida; USA
Collection History
Worn by members of John Osceola's family during the 1938 Seminole Green Corn Ceremony; given by John Osceola to Texas Jim Mitchell (1891-1973) and his wife Mae Gordon Mitchell (1901-1992) of Sarasota, Florida, in 1938; donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Texas Jim Mitchell in 1939; removed from the MAI collection in 1967; formerly in the collection of Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast); donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
Catalog Number
20/1142
Barcode
201142.000
See related items
Seminole
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
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