Title

Male Folk Dress Doll: Doll

Creation Date

1995

Count

1

Description

A male folk dress doll made of wire, fabric, yarn, paper, paint and wood.  Depicts traditional Swedish provincial (Winter) folk dress, or folk drakt.  His outfit includes grey flannel knickers with red yarn ties at the knees, a grey flannel tunic with a black belt, a red felt scarf with fringed ends, a red felt hat with yarn tassel at the top, red mittens, red stockings, and natural wood shoes.  With yellow, or blonde, yarn hair and painted facial features.  Holds a Christmas package of flat dark green paper with a gold ribbon tied to his right hand.  See also DD-0279-26 for the accompanying female figure.  Noted on bottom or right foot: “Sweden, 1995”.  Attributed to Charlotte Weibull.