Name/Title
FigurineEntry/Object ID
2004.43.12Description
Felt bust of a woman. The face is artistically structured with a distinct seam beneath the eyebrows and needle-felting lines along the sides of the nose to the bottom of the chin. The felt is painted to resemble white skin, with pink lips and brown eyebrows. Eyes are created with brown sequins as irises and lacquered embroidery thread as eyelashes. The figure has brown hair made of thread. The body is covered in a partial garment made of white cotton with a high, ruffled neckline.
The bust is wearing a headdress consisting of a white cap with a rectangular cover made from 5 layers of folded white cotton. The layers are stitched together at the top and allowed to fall loose at the back.
The bust is inserted into a Styrofoam base with two metal wires. The base has a paper label that reads, “#19 15th-c widow"Use
Made to illustrate fashionable headwear of fifteenth-century widows.Context
Made by Mirren Barrie of Waterbury Center, VermontAcquisition
Accession
2004.43Source or Donor
Staudt, Jane M.Acquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Artist
Barrie, Mirren (1915-2004)Place
Town
WaterburyCounty
Washington CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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FigurineNomenclature Secondary Object Term
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SculptureNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects