http://www.metafilter.com/tags/driedapple Posts tagged with 'driedapple' at MetaFilter. Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:38:58 -0800 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:38:58 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/65079/Tiny%2Dshrunken%2Dheads%2Dpeering%2Ddown Originally made by Native American tribes, <a href="http://www.i-women.net/community/dried_apple_heads">applehead </a><a href="http://www.shoptony.com/hearthsong/zoom?img=716165">dolls</a> are now considered a form of downhome Appalachian folk art. The late <a href="http://historicaldolls.blogspot.com/2006/02/historical-applehead-dolls.html">Mary Winsheimer</a> won numerous awards for hers, which can still be <a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Big-Boppers-Books-and-Bounties_Apple-Head-Dolls-Toys_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZQ2d1QQfsubZ7QQftidZ2QQtZkm">purchased online</a> from her <a href="http://reviews.ebay.com/AppleHead-Dolls_W0QQugidZ10000000001567240">son</a>. You can easily <a href="http://hobbybooks.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=684748">learn to make them yourself</a>; apparently one can even <a href="http://japee.journalspace.com/?entryid=485&h=applehead%20dolls">earn a living</a> at it. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.65079 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:38:58 -0800 appalachian apple applehead crafts doll driedapple GrammarMoses