This Docent's Choice post comes from Diana Mamalaki -- a docent with both MOIFA and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. With her selection of this pillow cover, woven by a young Cretan bride for her trousseau, Diana reflects on the strong women of her own family in the mountain village of Rodakinon, and the appreciation they instilled in her for family, culture, and the arts.
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Folk Art Piece of the Week - Docent's Choice
Docent Leah Gibbons offers this week's Folk Art Piece of the Week post: a look at the hamsa, a powerful symbol shared for centuries across North African cultures. Leah guides us to the array of hamsas displayed among the amulets, ex-votos, and milagros in the entryway to MOIFA's Multiple Visions exhibit and -- if you look carefully in the exhibit hall -- within and above Alexander Girard's Moroccan scene.
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