What do you suppose this man is smiling about? Carved from a Walnut shell, this face is an example of folk art. Whether carved, painted, sculpted or stitched, folk art is created by artists without formal art training. Sometimes people passed the...
Dresses; Clothing and dress; Jordan; Jordan--Social life and customs
Jordan is a country in the Near East, east of Israel. In the last few decades dolls have been made in the refugee camps on the banks of the river Jordan. The YWCA has centers there offering training (for example in doll making) to Palestinian Arab...
A squire was originally a young man, probably fifteen or sixteen, who aspired to become a knight. As part of his training, he became an attendant to a knight. A squire’s duties consisted of dressing the knight, serving meals, caring for the...
