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In this series, MOIFA's docents explore our collections online and select a favorite piece to share with you. This week, Ann Murdy presents the "flor immortal" of Delfino and Timoteo López Godínez as found -- to her surprise and delight -- in the Girard Foundation collection at MOIFA.
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Today's "Folk Art Piece of the Week" post arrives from independent scholar Elizabeth Lillehoj, a Professor Emeritus in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at DePaul University, Chicago. With her selection of a 19th century Shinto votive tablet (ema) painted by Kano Asanobu, Dr. Lillehoj turns attention to its mythic subject, Empress Jingū.
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In this series, MOIFA's docents explore our collections online and select a favorite piece to share with you. This week, Carolyn Culhane discusses Japan's Kokeshi tradition of handcrafted wooden dolls, as seen in the Girard Foundation Collection.
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In this series, MOIFA's docents explore our collections online and select a favorite piece to share with you. This week, Lucie Church explores the history and technique of ceinture fléchée as seen in a 19th century Assumption sash.
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