2891 – William Henry Paynter Witch Doll
- Physical description:
- Homemade peg doll (i.e. made using an old-style clothes peg), covered in fabric, with white head, sewn facial features in blue and red thread. Red cardboard nose. Pointed cardboard hat. Plastic commercially made cat and slender twig broomstick.
- Museum classification:
- Images of Witchcraft
- Size:
- L: 200mm H:160mm
- Information:
Donated by Jeremy Tucker, grandson of Cornish folklorist William Henry Paynter (1901-1976). Object was found among Paynter's personal effects.
For more information about William Henry Paynter's research into Cornish folk magic see 'The Cornish Witch-finder: William Henry Paynter and the Witchery, Ghosts, Charms and Folklore of Cornwall', a collection of his works edited by Jason Semmens and published by the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies. There is a copy in the Museum's library, id. 133.43094237 PAY 5072.
The Museum collection also includes some charms that were sold at Paynter's Cornish Museum at East Looe: MWM id nos 2993 - 2996.
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Wood, plastic, fabric
Donated by Jeremy Tucker, grandson of Cornish folklorist William Henry Paynter (1901-1976). Object was found among Paynter's personal effects.
For more information about William Henry Paynter's research into Cornish folk magic see 'The Cornish Witch-finder: William Henry Paynter and the Witchery, Ghosts, Charms and Folklore of Cornwall', a collection of his works edited by Jason Semmens and published by the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies. There is a copy in the Museum's library, id. 133.43094237 PAY 5072.
The Museum collection also includes some charms that were sold at Paynter's Cornish Museum at East Looe: MWM id nos 2993 - 2996.