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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramPalm frond hat maker Vic Simmons weaving a bird - Boynton Beach, Florida.
Image Number
FA2885
Photographer
Rosenberg, Jan, Collector.
Date
1986-10-02
Date Note
Photographed on October 2, 1986.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series 1685, PBFAIE ; Vol 1
Series 1685, PBFAIE ; Vol 1
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Projects, Instate
Folklife and folklore projects
Tourist art
Textile fabrics
Woven goods
Craft
Palmetto and palm crafts
Domestic arts
Decorative arts
Handicraft
Nature craft
Folk art
Art
Palmetto weaving
Palm frond weaving
Weavers--Florida--Palm Beach County--Boynton Beach
Artisans--Florida--Palm Beach County--Boynton Beach
Material culture--Florida--Palm Beach County--Boynton Beach
Hand weaving
Folklife and folklore projects
Tourist art
Textile fabrics
Woven goods
Craft
Palmetto and palm crafts
Domestic arts
Decorative arts
Handicraft
Nature craft
Folk art
Art
Palmetto weaving
Palm frond weaving
Weavers--Florida--Palm Beach County--Boynton Beach
Artisans--Florida--Palm Beach County--Boynton Beach
Material culture--Florida--Palm Beach County--Boynton Beach
Hand weaving
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
1 slide - col.
General Note
Former commercial fisherman Simmons learned to weave palm fronds in the 1960's as the result of a bet with a friend.
Palm frond hat maker Vic Simmons weaving a bird - Boynton Beach, Florida.
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