corn husk doll
Agrarian craft toy
A corn husk doll is a traditional handmade figure crafted from the dried outer leaves of corn ears.
Indigenous peoples of the Americas made them for centuries before European contact, and the craft spread to colonial settlers.
The dolls are typically faceless in Native American tradition: She learned to make corn husk dolls at summer camp.
- cornhuskDried maize leaf casing
- maizeCob-bearing cereal crop
- harvestGathering mature crops
- harvest festivalAutumn event thanking for crops
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
folk art · Native American · pioneer · autumn · dried · braided · faceless · prairie · craft · straw · rustic · bonnet · apron · prairie dress · Thanksgiving · colonial · tradition · weaving
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