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| Keywords: state library and archives of florida statelibraryandarchivesofflorida florida dollmaking dolls seminole dolls seminoledolls mary b. billie marybbillie big cypress seminole indian reservation bigcypressseminoleindianreservation people outdoor Local call number: FS80320a Title: [Mary Billie wrapping palmetto fiber around cardboard for the Seminole doll she is making: 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: "Mary stuffs the head with pieces of palmetto fiber. 'If she uses something else like cotton, the needle won't go through that cotton. So she uses that palmetto fiber. Then she would put the palmetto fibers inside the doll to make it stand.' Mary often saves time by stuffing the bodies with cotton instead of fiber, 'since the body doesn't need much sewing. After she finishes that, I guess she puts that cardboard and wraps that palmetto around it and put[s] it on the bottom so stuff would not come out when it stands. She'll cut that cardboard out and make a circle big enough where she stuffed it, uh, cotton. And then she'll take that palmetto fiber and put it around that cardboard where she make that circle, cut that circle. And then she'll, uh, put it on the bottom of that doll and sew it up so it can stand straight. Then she'll make the eyes for it and the mouth.'" 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/120254 Local call number: FS80320a Title: [Mary Billie wrapping palmetto fiber around cardboard for the Seminole doll she is making: 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: "Mary stuffs the head with pieces of palmetto fiber. 'If she uses something else like cotton, the needle won't go through that cotton. So she uses that palmetto fiber. Then she would put the palmetto fibers inside the doll to make it stand.' Mary often saves time by stuffing the bodies with cotton instead of fiber, 'since the body doesn't need much sewing. After she finishes that, I guess she puts that cardboard and wraps that palmetto around it and put[s] it on the bottom so stuff would not come out when it stands. She'll cut that cardboard out and make a circle big enough where she stuffed it, uh, cotton. And then she'll take that palmetto fiber and put it around that cardboard where she make that circle, cut that circle. And then she'll, uh, put it on the bottom of that doll and sew it up so it can stand straight. Then she'll make the eyes for it and the mouth.'" 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/120254 | ||||
