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  2. Traditional Mexican handcrafted toys - Wikipedia

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    Many of these were introduced as teaching tools by evangelists, and were associated with certain festivals and holidays. These toys vary widely, including cup and ball, lotería, dolls, miniature people, animals and objects, tops and more—made of many materials, including wood, metal, cloth, corn husks, ceramic, and glass. These toys remained ...

  3. Corn dolly - Wikipedia

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    Corn dolly. Corn dollies or corn mothers are a form of straw work made as part of harvest customs of Europe before mechanisation. Scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries theorized that before Christianisation, in traditional pagan European culture it was believed that the spirit of the corn (in American English, "corn" would be "grain") lived ...

  4. Doll - Wikipedia

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    These strange plants were sometimes dressed as dolls of Sara Mama. Corn husk dolls are traditional Native American dolls made out of the dried leaves or husk of a corncob. [10] Traditionally, they do not have a face. The making of corn husk dolls was adopted by early European settlers in the United States. [11]

  5. Youth entrepreneur: Jovanna Fierro makes corn husk dolls

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    Through her business, One Piece, 11-year-old Jovanna Fierro makes and sells corn husk dolls — an ancient craft she learned from her grandmother.

  6. Czech folklore - Wikipedia

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    Corn dolly (figurka z kukuřičného šustí): among the most popular traditional products. These dolls made of few materials including corn husk and strings are nowadays used as decorations but in the past children used them as toys. Corn dollies are also sold as souvenirs tourists can buy in the Czech Republic.

  7. Handcrafts and folk art in Tlaxcala - Wikipedia

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    Tlaxcalan artisan with traditional artisan masks. Tlaxcala handcrafts and folk art is that which comes from the smallest state in Mexico, located in the center-east of the country. Its best-known wares are the "canes of Apizaco " (really from San Esteban Tizatlan), sawdust carpets and the making of Saltillo-style serapes.

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