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Description: | Carved from wood and painted brown, a life-size statue of a fisher woman, carrying a basket and wearing traditional shawl and full skirts. The sculpture has two mice carved into it as Thompson's 'trademark', but these cannot be seen beneath the modern covering of paint. Additional Information: Traditionally known as a 'Wooden Dolly', this sculpture stands as a tribute to the part that women have played in the economic life of North Tyneside. This wooden dolly is a modern version of a type that goes back to one erected by an Alexander Bartleman or William Bartram in the early 1800s.(1) Others were set up over time, based on the figureheads on ships, and providing shavings that the sailors could take to sea for good luck. | Subjects: | Statue | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Robert Thompson Ltd | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7539... | Go to resource |
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