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Featured Exhibit

WITH OUR HANDS: Folk Art Treasures

Now through December

Ruston painting
Detail from a painting of Ruston, Wash., by Orlin Coughlan.
(Washington State Historical Society)

See folk art items pulled out of the Historical Society's collection and learn what folk art means. See jewelry made out of hair, a picture frame crafted from matchsticks, a handmade Norwegian fiddle inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and more.

Organized by the Washington State History Museum, in collaboration with the Washington State Arts Commission.

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hair jewelry
Watch fobs or pocket watch chains made of hair, c. 1910. (Washington State Historical Society)
hardanger fiddle
Detail of an 1850 Norwegian Hardanger fiddle. (Washington State Historical Society)
Ukrainian decorated egg
Detail of a painted emu egg by Oleksandra Pryveda. (Washington State Historical Society)
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