Traditional Tambov dolls

Textile dolls in authentic costumes of Tambov region. The stolbushka doll wears traditional clothes of married women: ponyova (homespun woolen skirt), shirt and apron, two head shawls, beads. The outfit of the peasant girl doll replicates the costume found in the expedition: recognizable striped skirt, apron, shirt, headscarf with fringe. The base of these dolls are made of wooden posts. The sack doll is made the traditional way: on the basis of a sack with sawdust. Researchers often find dolls sewn from sackcloths, with sawdust or wool. The author is master Natalia Maksimova.