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Woman with child in her arms executed in a technique that creates a spiraling rib.  Both figure…
Corn Dolly
Woman with child in her arms executed in a technique that creates a spiraling rib.  Both figure…
Woman with child in her arms executed in a technique that creates a spiraling rib. Both figures tied at the head with a red bow, and the yarn forms a "crown"; natural, and red ribbon; wheat straw; braided.
Museum of International Folk Art; Gift of the Lloyd E. Cotsen and Neutrogena Corporation Collection. Photographs by Pat Pollard.
DepartmentEurope

Corn Dolly

NameCorn Dolly
Artist Artist unrecorded
Date1980s
Place madeSweden, Europe
MediumWheat straw, ribbon
Dimensions24 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (62.2301 × 19.05 × 19.05 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.1853
Object numberA.1995.93.1853
DescriptionWoman with child in her arms executed in a technique that creates a spiraling rib. Both figures tied at the head with a red bow, and the yarn forms a "crown"; natural, and red ribbon; wheat straw; braided.
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