Casgliadau Arlein

Bisque costume doll, fishwife

Bisque head, painted hair and features--hair and eyes (brown). Earthenware limbs, cloth body, bare legs. Wearing fisherwoman's costume of black cloth sleeveless jacket, two buttons over blue long sleeved undergarment. Black/white striped cotton skirt with protective 'sacking' apron sewn over. Coarse cotton undergarment. Red/white patterned flicks at neck. Coarse white cotton 'jelly bag' cap with stiff fringe of lace. Gold double-beaded earrings. Clay basket with wooden top slung over shoulder with string 'strap.'