Keywords: state library and archives of florida statelibraryandarchivesofflorida florida dollmaking dolls seminole dolls seminoledolls mary b. billie marybbillie big cypress seminole indian reservation bigcypressseminoleindianreservation Local call number: FS80348a Title: [Seminole doll made by Mary Billie being held up for the camera: Big Cypress Reservation, Florida] Personal author: Dyen, Doris J., Collector. Date: Photographed on July 15, 1980. Physical descrip: 1 slide: col. General note: Mary B. Billie has been a dollmaker since she was 17. She learned the skill by watching her mother, who learned it from Mary's grandmother. Accompanying Note: "The Seminole palmetto dolls require skilled workmanship and are beautiful to look at. But, more important, they are an expression of Seminole culture -- a bridge between the Seminoles and the outside world." Series Title: (Florida Folklife Collection.) Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/120271 Local call number: FS80348a Title: [Seminole doll made by Mary Billie being held up for the camera: Big Cypress Reservation, Florida] Personal author: Dyen, Doris J., Collector. Date: Photographed on July 15, 1980. Physical descrip: 1 slide: col. General note: Mary B. Billie has been a dollmaker since she was 17. She learned the skill by watching her mother, who learned it from Mary's grandmother. Accompanying Note: "The Seminole palmetto dolls require skilled workmanship and are beautiful to look at. But, more important, they are an expression of Seminole culture -- a bridge between the Seminoles and the outside world." Series Title: (Florida Folklife Collection.) Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/120271 |