straw dolls
Woven grass puppets
Straw dolls are small figures made from bundled straw or grain stalks, traditionally crafted during harvest festivals or as folk art.
In some cultures, straw dolls serve ritual purposes—burned in effigy, used in sympathetic magic, or kept as protective charms.
The Japanese *wara ningyō* is a straw doll used in curses, nailed to trees with pins.
She wove a straw doll from the last sheaf of wheat.
- effigySculpted human representation
- voodooFolk magic, often Caribbean
- sympathetic magicBelief that resemblance enables influence
- folk magicTraditional supernatural practices
- cornCereal grown on cobs
burning effigy · corn husk · husk · harvest · harvest festival · ritual · poppet · scarecrow · wicker · wicker man · binding · folk · curse · pins · magic · puppet · craft · figure
- straw crafts
- BelarusMinsk, Lukashenko, oblasts, oblast, Mir
- cultural dollsmatryoshka, kachina, daruma
straw dollsporcelain dolls
Glazed ceramic toy figures
china dolls · plastic dolls · rag dolls · vinyl dolls · fabric dolls
straw dollsbronze statues
Cast alloy artworks depicting figures
marble sculptures · stone idols · ceramic figurines · porcelain dolls · metal sculptures