Seminole patchwork

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'''Seminole patchwork''', referred to by [[Seminole]] and [[Miccosukee]] women as Taweekaache (''design'' in the [[Mikasuki language]]),'''<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>''' is a [[patchwork]] style made from piecing colorful strips of fabric in horizontal bands.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Seminole patchwork garments are often trimmed with a [[rickrack]] border. Early examples of this technique are known from photographs in the 1910s, and its use by Seminole women in garment construction began to flourish in the 1920s.<ref name=":0"></ref> Seminole patchwork has historically been an important source of income for many Seminole women, and today remains a source of cultural pride.<ref name=":0" /> Fashion designers, including [[Donna Karan]], have been criticized for their appropriation of this patchwork style.<ref></ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:Seminole patchwork shawl.jpg|Seminole patchwork fringed dance shawl, ca. 1980s, by Susie Cypress (Seminole Tribe of Florida) from the Big Cypress Reservation, Florida
File:Ruby Jumper Billie- Big Cypress Reservation, Florida (8790883947).jpg|Ruby Jumper Billie: Big Cypress Reservation, Florida. Florida Memory, Set 72157633485327257, ID 8790883947, State Library and Archives of Florida.
File:Seminole clothing & artifacts, NMAI.jpg|Seminole patchwork, Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI), ~1960. Photographer: Carmelo Guadagno (Jimmy Guadagno)
File:Iajacket.JPG|Seminole patchwork jacket worn by [[Iron Arrow Honor Society]] members, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
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[[Category:Needlework]]
[[Category:Textile techniques]]
[[Category:Textile arts]]
[[Category:Seminole culture]]

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