Dublin Core
Title
hat -m
Object
hat -m
Native Name
cotopokaw
Nomenclature Category
3: PERSONAL ARTIFACTS
Nomenclature Classification Term
CLOTHING—Headwear:
Culture
Seminole
Brief Description
Bright red cloth round turban with flat top and tin band around base of sides.
Description
Bright red cloth round turban with flat top and tin band around base of sides. Sides have been stiffened with something, possibly cardboard. The stiffener has been completely encased in cloth, and there is one visible seam running up the side of the exterior of the hat and two visible seams on the interior. The flat top is not stiffened and has been hand sewn on both the exterior and interior with a large whip stitch in red thread. The 1/2” wide tin band has been cut from one piece of metal and has curved under edges on both the top and bottom. It has been sewn on 3/4” from the bottom of the sides with tan thread using holes punched at about 3” apart. The holes are in the lower center of the tin strip and are stitched, using two strands of thread going downwards to enter the fabric of the hat at the bottom of the strip. The ends of the strip are also sewn together, through a punched hole at the end of the left side and two punched holes are at the end of the right side.
Use
created for sale to tourists, outsiders /
garment
garment
Dimension 1
7 1/2” dia
Dimension 2
5” H
Object Date
1951 1955 own/col
Material
cloth(cotton) metal(tin) cardboard? thread(cotton)
Construction
sewn(machine)(hand)
Maker Culture
Seminole
Condition
excellent
Source
Davis, Hilda J. -donation
Collector
Davis, Hilda J. anthropological/ethnological
field
field
Accession Number
1984-06-0079
Set With
1984-06-0078
Type
object
State
FL
Country
US
Continent
NA
Cataloging History
2010 RECAT: Jodine Perkins
Curatorial/Cataloger Comments
2010 RECAT: John Osceola was listed as the possible maker in the original catalog record, but it seems unlikely he would have made this item as a man. Perhaps it would be better to say he was the possible wearer? Not sure where this information comes from though.
Sturtevant 1967 identifies native name in Miccosukee as “yo-sisbanki” (p.170) (see 1984-06-0078 for full citation)
Sturtevant 1967 identifies native name in Miccosukee as “yo-sisbanki” (p.170) (see 1984-06-0078 for full citation)
Cataloging: Consulted References
2010 RECAT: Downs, Dorothy. 1995. Art of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians’. P. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Synthetic fiber: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/synthetic_fiber
Synthetic fiber: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/synthetic_fiber
Rights Holder
Indiana University/Mathers Museum