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Chickee Hut at Parmer's Resort in Florida Keys Art Print
by Ginger Wakem
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Chickee Hut at Parmer's Resort in Florida Keys art print by Ginger Wakem. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Chikee or Chickee (house in the Creek and Mikasuki languages spoken by the Seminoles and Miccosukees) is a shelter supported by posts, with a raised... more
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Chikee or Chickee ("house" in the Creek and Mikasuki languages spoken by the Seminoles and Miccosukees) is a shelter supported by posts, with a raised floor, a thatched roof and open sides. Chickees are also known as chickee huts, stilt houses, or platform dwellings. The chickee style of architecture�palmetto thatch over a bald cypress log frame�was adopted by Seminoles during the Second (1835�42) and Third (1855-58) Seminole Wars as U.S. troops pushed them deeper into the Everglades and surrounding territory. Chickees continue to be used by Native American villages of the Miccosukee in the Everglades.[3] Some upscale homes in southern Florida feature chickee-inspired buildings as garden or poolside structures.
About Ginger Wakem
Ginger Wakem is a fourth generation Floridian whose work has been exhibited in galleries, shops, and offices. A muralist used her nature shots to decorate the walls of local businesses. Many of her photographs were shot from a boat in the backwaters of south Florida's inlets, mangroves, and Gulf of Mexico. They have won photography contests as well as sold to multiple buyers. Her photographs of blues guitarists taken at the Tampa Bay Blues Festival are very popular and have sold multiple times. In 2023, two of her photographs were chosen and shown at the Photo Artists' International Exhibition, in Watford, England. Ginger has finished many art books for private individuals. One of them took over twenty years to complete and was about a...
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