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Doll

2013.118.30

Name
Doll - Kewpie
History Category
Significant Dates
1920s
Description
Doll
Pink plastic or celluloid carnival doll with molded hair in a marcel wave style that is painted brown; eyes are blue, and lips and eyebrows are red; arms are attached to a white string run through the body and are moveable; rest of the doll is all one piece; 'Japan' is stamped across the back of the shoulders with a round maker's mark above it; a 1.2 cm square hole has been cut out of the back; doll is dressed in a brown nylon(?) sleeveless dress that has a ruffled collar and four fabric flowers sewn onto the front; three flowers are red and one is beige; bracelet made of pink plastic beads is on doll's right wrist; belonged to donor's mother.
Dimension
Height: 16.4cm | Width: 8.4cm
Catalogue Number
2013.118.30
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