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Marian Bowers making a palmetto basket - Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation, Florida.

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Image Number

FS831242

Photographer

Belland, Merri, Collector.

Date

1981

Date Note

Photographed in November 1981.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, Seminole Indian slide/tape Program ; no 19

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Marian Bowers making a palmetto basket - Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation, Florida.

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Title

Marian Bowers making a palmetto basket - Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation, Florida.

Subject

Craft

Basketry, Seminole

Equipment, Domestic arts

Ethnicity, Seminole

Domestic arts

Palmetto and palm crafts

Seminole baskets

Basket making

Basket makers

Palmetto weaving

Hand weaving

Material culture--Florida--Glades County--Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Artisans--Florida--Glades County--Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Seminole Indians--Florida--Glades County--Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Seminole women--Florida--Glades County--Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Handicraft

Creator

Belland, Merri, Collector.

Date

1981

Identifier

FS831242

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed in November 1981.

Geographic Term

Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation (Fla.)

Glades County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Seminole Indian slide/tape Program ; no 19

Subject - Person

Bowers, Marian Cypress, 1912-2003

Collection ID

Chicago Manual of Style

Belland, Merri, Collector. Marian Bowers making a palmetto basket - Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation, Florida. 1981. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/121202>, accessed 19 June 2026.

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Belland, Merri, Collector. Marian Bowers making a palmetto basket - Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation, Florida. 1981. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/121202>

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(State Archives of Florida/Belland)

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