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Metadata
Object Name |
Skirt |
Donor |
Wallner, Helga |
Description |
Part of a folk dancing costume. The red skirt is decorated with three horizontal pleats with black satin ribbons sewn on. The skirt is gathered at the waist. The hem of the skirt is 5.5 inches, with the underneath area in pleats of 1.5 inches. A bright red piece of fabric, measuring 2.5 inches by 1.5 inches, is hand stitched into the waistband with red thread. |
Dimensions |
W-15 L-30.5 Cir-30 inches |
Made By |
Larsen, Sigrid (Jensen) |
Creation Date |
c. 1928 |
Place Of Origin |
United States/Minnesota/Askov |
Owned By |
Larsen, Sigrid (Jensen)/Wallner, Helga (Larsen) |
Used By |
Larsen, Sigrid (Jensen)/Wagner, Ruth Mae (Larsen)/Wallner, Helga (Larsen) |
Material |
Linen/Cloth/Ribbon/Satin/Thread |
Associated People |
Larsen, Sigrid(Johansen) |
Search Terms |
Askov, MN Folk Costumes Woman |
Provenance |
This skirt is part of a folk dance costume made by the donor's mother, Sigrid (Jensen) Larsen. Sigrid taught Danish Folk Dance and gymnastics in Askov, Minnesota. In 1928, Sigrid traveled to Denmark with her older sister, Helga. While in Denmark, Sigrid purchased material to make a folk dance costume, which she sewed back home in Askov. Sigrid often wore this costume while teaching folk dancing. Sigrid even met her future husband, Carl K. Larsen, as a student in her Folk Dance group. In later years, Sigrid's costume was adjusted so that her daughters Helga and Ruth could wear it at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church summer school, where Sigrid taught such folk dances as "The Little Shoemaker," Napoleon," Feder Mikkel" and "Little Man in a Fix." Sigrid (Jensen) Larsen, was born on 8 August 1901 in Newell, Iowa. She was the daughter of Danish immigrants. Her parents, Jens and Anne Jensen, married in Denmark in 1892. In 1897, Jens and Anne immigrated to the United States and settled in Danevang, Texas, with two sons and one daughter, Helga. The yellow fever plague forced to family to flee by covered wagon to Newell, Iowa. The two sons died of the plague, but a daughter, Helga, survived. Sigrid was born in Newell, but the family moved to Larimore, North Dakota after two years. While in Larimore, Jens and Anne lost another daughter, Esther, but a son, Viggo, was born. In March 1913, the family moved to West Denmark, Wisconsin. In 1918, one year after the death of Jens, Anne and her three surviving children, Helga, Sigrid and Viggo, moved to another Danish community in Askov, Minnesota. Sigrid completed her high school education at Grand View College in Des Moines. Sigrid returned to Askov, where she worked for the post office and Askov Telephone Company. Sigrid also taught Danish Folk Dancing and gymnastics. Sigrid met her future husband, Carl K. Larsen, as a student in her Folk Dance group. Carl K. Larsen was the eldest son of Danish immigrants. His parents, Peder "Christian" Larsen and Mariane "Christine" Klitgaard, had immigrated to the United States in 1905 and originally settled in Omaha, Nebraska, where they joined Christian's brother Lars, his wife, and six children. Their first child Carl, was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on 15 July, 1905. In March of 1912, Christian and Christine moved to Askov, Minnesota with their five sons and settled on a farm. Two daughters were born in Askov. Sigrid Jensen and Carl Larsen married on 16 May 1937 and settled on a farm 2 miles west of Askov. They had two daughters, Helga J. (Larsen) Wallner and Ruth Mae (Larsen) Wagner. Carl was an active participant in the Askov business community. In 1940, Carl aided in organizing members for the North Pine Electric Cooperative and served on its board for 30 years. Sigrid passed away 3 October 1958 from cancer and was buried in the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery in Askov, Minnesota. Carl died on 7 July 2002 in Duluth, Minnesota, where he had resided in a nursing home after being hit by a car in November 1997. |
Date Received by Museum |
5/1/2003 |
Images |
063\2003059012004.JPG |
Collection |
Danish Communities / Minnesota |
Accession number |
2003.059 |
Object Identification Number |
2003.059.012.004 |