2141 – Corn dolly

Physical description:: Corn dolly consisting of a central shaft of staws with heart-shaped loops of plaited straw around it. With bows of red ribbon at top and bottom.
Museum classification:: Modern Witchcraft
Size:: 460 x 180 diam.
Information:: Part of a collection of magical objects that belonged to Iain Steele.
This type of corn dolly is an Okehampton Mare (information provided by Gillian Nott, Historian and Archivist, Guild of Straw Craftsmen; and see 'The Craft of Straw Decoration' by Alec Coker).
Resource:: Object
Materials:: Straw and fabric