Caption

According to tradition, unmarried woman might be given a straw doll on their doorstep at Whitsun. It bears the name Pfingstlotter . In this way, the village lads are signalling that the young ladies should finally get married, 1880, Austria, Historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Date

Aug 21, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK25L44_058

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

128,1Mb (20,5Mb) / 18,9in x 26,3in / 5664 x 7904 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted black young holiday history drawing name doll toy childhood lady woman signal straw Austria Europe illustration play depiction tradition typical traditional digital historic female festive restored contemporary drawn european date person Pentecost authentic woodcut restoration former vintage sketch straw doll Vanuatu Melanesia Pentecost Island Oceania Australasia South Pacific replication 19th century Historic illustration Feast day no one representation custom characteristic historical Human being Whitsun real xylograph reconstruction Vanuatu Islands South Seas nineteenth century Historical illustration No People children's toy People realistic woodprint reproduction 1900s nobody child's toy genuine replica uninhabited copy empty holidays drawings names dolls toys ladies women signaling signalling Austria‘s illustrations playing depictions traditions digitally females festively dates persons woodcuts restorations formerly straw dolls 19th-century Historic illustrations customs historically human reconstructions Historical illustrations replicas on black women's woman's womans girl signals Europe's plays depicting traditionally historical image history image history images individual individuals restoration work vintage-styled representing humans