Doll, Decorative
Object number2015.82.12
Artist
Anna Marie Fiori
Date1982
MediumCeramic; Paint; Glaze; Fabric; Velvet; Metal; Plastic; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of Anna Marie Fiori
DescriptionHandmade male doll representing regional Italian dress. Painted ceramic head, shoulders, hands, and lower legs with remaining body made of cloth. Brown painted hair and blue eyes. Red, white, and black paisley bandana headpiece. White long-sleeve fabric shirt with collar, gold buttons, and two red dangling balls at front top center. Red velvet vest with gold trim. Striped fabric sash around waist is yellow, pink, red, green, and white. Black knee-length fabric pants with square flap at front center. White ribbed knit stockings. Painted black shoes.Dimensions19.5 × 8 × 3.5 in. (49.5 × 20.3 × 8.9 cm)Historical NotesThe 16” dolls were made by Anna Marie in 1982 for the Pittsburgh Folk Festival; each doll’s costume represents a different region of Italy. Besides making the clothing, the donor also crafted the ceramic heads, hands, and feet at Louise Malone’s ceramic shop in Penn Hills. Collection includes handmade dolls, ceramic conga (quartara), copper conga, Sardinian flute and pan pipe, ram’s horn, conch shell horn, wrist and hand castanets, Jew’s harp, triccheballacche, concertina, various handmade noisemakers, tambourine, and recorder. I Campagnoli was an Italian American folk troupe from the Pittsburgh area comprised of approximately 40 core performers with a focus on Italian folk singing and dancing. Originally directed by Lorenzo “Larry” Malfatti and Eugene Richards (and later Jane Ferro) and sponsored by the Italian Sons and Daughters of Italy, the group formed in 1964 and performed throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, as well as in Italy and at the opening of the Italian Village in Epcot Center and Busch Gardens.
Related institution
I Campagnoli
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