Corn dolly

The item I chose on ilea was a corn doll, as corn dolls are woven from the sheaves of a bountiful harvest, which has the meaning of celebrating a good harvest and praying for a better harvest in the coming year.

Corn dollies or corn mothers are a form of straw work made as part of harvest customs of Europe before mechanization.

Traditional corn dollies named after counties or place names of England, Scotland and Wales.(From Wikipedia)