Title

Östra Göinge Folkdräkt: Doll

Creation Date

20th century

Count

1

Maker's Mark

Charlotte Weibull - Malmo - Sweden (c)

Description

A pair of dolls, male and female, made of cloth, wire, wood, yarn and thread.  The dolls depict the provincial folk dress, or folkdräkt, of Östra Göinge Härad, Sweden.  The male, a fiddler, wears yellow knickers with red and yellow yarn ties at the knees, a red vest with bead buttons, a black floral bow tie, a white shirt, a black cap, white stockings and natural wood shoes.  He holds a wooden fiddle with his left hand and a wooden bow with his right.  He has yellow (blonde) thread hair and painted facial features.  The female wears a green skirt with a black band near the bottom, a matching green vest, a ½-apron with vertical stripes in red, green, black and white, a white blouse with scalloped cuffs and collar, green cap with gold trim, white bloomers and stockings and natural wood shoes.  She has a pair of yellow (blonde) thread braids with red ties and painted facial features.  They stand on a wood base that reads: “O Göinge Härad”.  Tag on the female skirt: “Charlotte Weibull, Malmo, Sweden ©”.