Cornhusk doll with green dress

Cornhusk doll with green dress

Cornhusk craft

Dolls

Handicraft

This cornhusk doll was made by May Ritchie Deschamps (1896-1982) of Swannanoa, North Carolina, ca. late 1940s. The doll wears a green dress with a bow tied in the back. The doll has fingers and is carrying a piece of corn shuck (possibly representing a broom). The face is fading and is in fragile condition. Deschamps is part of the Ritchie family of cornhusk doll-makers, whose figures are characterized by several unique wrapping techniques that are not used in other cornhusk traditions.

Deschamps, May Ritchie, 1896-1982

John Parris Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1947/1949

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

12279

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/12279

2006-03-01

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

7.25" x 5.25" x 2.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival