Dublin Core
Title
dress -i
Object
dress -i
Nomenclature Category
3: PERSONAL ARTIFACTS
Nomenclature Classification Term
CLOTHING—Outerwear:
Culture
Seminole
Brief Description
Black cotton male child’s coat with yoke and long sleeves.
Description
Black cotton male child’s coat with yoke and long sleeves.
1) form
2) materials
3) methods of construction
The garment is machine stitched, with black thread used for either the top spool or bobbin and bright pink thread used for the reverse. The full bottom is gathered and sewn to a shoulder yoke on both the front and back of the garment. The yoke is 3” long on the front and 2” long on the back. The collar is round and finished with a 1” wide strip of cloth sewn on the inside so that the raw edges of the seam are encased in the strip and top stitched in with the black thread visible on the outside of the garment. The sides of the yoke are attached to the sleeve and are topstitched with the bright pink thread visible. The sleeves are each constructed of two pieces of cloth. One is rectangular, folded over and sewn on one short end to the side of the yoke and full bottom and are gathered to form a ruffle on the other short end. This ruffle is secured with a double row stitching with the black thread visible. Under the arm a square piece of cloth has been folded diagonally and sewn to make a gusset. The bottom of the garment is finished with a double-folded hem, topstitched so that the pink thread is visible.
4) ornamentation
5) levels of craftsmanship
6) patterns of use
a) active use
b) secondary use
Snipped from 10/18/10 JBJ/ES:
Viewed flat with the opening facing the viewer, the object is a T-shaped garment. The upright portion of the T corresponds to the portion of the object worn over the torso. The horizontal element in the T corresponds to the sleeves and shoulder coverings. The joint of the T corresponds to a horizontal rectangular yoke to which are attached the sleeves and the main body (ie. torso covering). The vertical portion of the T widens at the base of the T due to gathering of both the "front" and "back" at the rectangular yoke. Also attached to the yoke are sleeves. Each sleeve attaches to the body at the yoke and with a square gusset ....
1) form
2) materials
3) methods of construction
The garment is machine stitched, with black thread used for either the top spool or bobbin and bright pink thread used for the reverse. The full bottom is gathered and sewn to a shoulder yoke on both the front and back of the garment. The yoke is 3” long on the front and 2” long on the back. The collar is round and finished with a 1” wide strip of cloth sewn on the inside so that the raw edges of the seam are encased in the strip and top stitched in with the black thread visible on the outside of the garment. The sides of the yoke are attached to the sleeve and are topstitched with the bright pink thread visible. The sleeves are each constructed of two pieces of cloth. One is rectangular, folded over and sewn on one short end to the side of the yoke and full bottom and are gathered to form a ruffle on the other short end. This ruffle is secured with a double row stitching with the black thread visible. Under the arm a square piece of cloth has been folded diagonally and sewn to make a gusset. The bottom of the garment is finished with a double-folded hem, topstitched so that the pink thread is visible.
4) ornamentation
5) levels of craftsmanship
6) patterns of use
a) active use
b) secondary use
Snipped from 10/18/10 JBJ/ES:
Viewed flat with the opening facing the viewer, the object is a T-shaped garment. The upright portion of the T corresponds to the portion of the object worn over the torso. The horizontal element in the T corresponds to the sleeves and shoulder coverings. The joint of the T corresponds to a horizontal rectangular yoke to which are attached the sleeves and the main body (ie. torso covering). The vertical portion of the T widens at the base of the T due to gathering of both the "front" and "back" at the rectangular yoke. Also attached to the yoke are sleeves. Each sleeve attaches to the body at the yoke and with a square gusset ....
Use
created for sale to tourists, outsiders /
garment
garment
Dimension 1
19” W
Dimension 2
17” L
Object Date
1951 1955 own/col
Material
cloth(cotton) thread(cotton)
Construction
sewn(machine) woven(commercial) dyed(commercial)
Maker Culture
Seminole
Condition
EXCEL
Source
Davis, Hilda J. -donation
Collector
Davis, Hilda J. anthropological/ethnological
field
field
Accession Number
1984-06-0067
Set With
1984-06-0068
Type
object
State
FL
Country
USA
Continent
NA
Cataloging History
2010 RECAT: Jodine Perkins
Curatorial/Cataloger Comments
2010 RECAT: Yoke is similar to that of a man’s big shirt seen in figure 12 of Sturtevant 1967. Overall garment is a much simplified version of the man’s long shirt seen in figure 11 of Sturtevant 1967.
Cotton blends not available in the 1950’s. (See Wikipedia article)
Cotton blends not available in the 1950’s. (See Wikipedia article)
Cataloging: Consulted References
2010 RECAT: Sturtevant, William C. 1967. “Seminole Men’s Clothing”, in Essays of the Verbal and Visual Arts, ed. JuneHelm, 160-176. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Synthetic Fibers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_fiber
Synthetic Fibers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_fiber
Rights Holder
Indiana University/Mathers Museum