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Listen: The Blues ProgramMary Billie making palmetto dolls at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs.
Image Number
FP8244305
Photographer
Marshall, John, Fieldworker.
Date
1982
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
, Series 1577, Florida Folk Festival 1982, P-82-443 thru P-82-445; Box 19, FF6
, Series 1577, Florida Folk Festival 1982, P-82-443 thru P-82-445; Box 19, FF6
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Entertainment events--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Manners and customs
Seminole dolls
Root dolls
Palmetto and palm crafts
Craft
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Ethnicity, Native American
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Practices
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Handicraft
Sewing
Material culture--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Toys
Indian dolls
Dollmaking
Seminole Indians
Seminole women
Women artisans--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Toymakers
Dollmakers
Indian craft
Entertainment events--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Manners and customs
Seminole dolls
Root dolls
Palmetto and palm crafts
Craft
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Ethnicity, Native American
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Practices
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Handicraft
Sewing
Material culture--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Toys
Indian dolls
Dollmaking
Seminole Indians
Seminole women
Women artisans--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Toymakers
Dollmakers
Indian craft
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.
Biographical Note
Mary B. Billie has been a dollmaker since she was 17. She learned the skill by watching her mother, who had learned it from Mary's grandmother.
Mary Billie making palmetto dolls at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs.
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