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White vest with red stitching

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@ Conner Prairie

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Vest with no side seams, white with wide red woven border at bottom, red stitching border down sides and one side of front, 2 buttons in front, pattern of white leaves is woven into the white material, fringe at bottom is interlaced and knotted- This was given as a gift to Juanita Devers (donor) by a part Indian and Negro woman. It had belonged to this woman's great aunts and was used as a shoulder throw when combing hair. The woman was supposed to have been a Delaware Indian.
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