Item Reference: 006701
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Small toy doll, in clear plastic packaging, manufactured by ‘Linda’, labelled as ‘Miss China’. Doll wears a pink tunic-blouse with patterning and black trousers. Both upper and lower garments feature thread brocade detailing.
Date: c. 1960s
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Item Reference: 006700
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Rexard Doll ‘Miss Devon’ doll, minus the packaging. Doll wears a full-length purple dress, an apron with a flower pattern, and lace detailing around the bodice. Straw hat with green and purple felt flowers affixed. Black hair.
Date: c. 1960s
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Links: Information on the construction of Rexard dolls.
Item Reference: 006685
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Small plastic toy doll, in clear plastic packaging, labelled ‘Miss Switzerland’. In clothing that resembles typical fashions of the late 1950s-1970s, with red shoes and brown hair with a red bow.
Date: c. 1980s
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Item Reference: 006684
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Small plastic doll, labelled ‘Japan; in traditional dress. The doll is wearing a kimono and its hair is in a modest up-do style. Head unattached.
Date: c. 1970s
Further Information: The hairstyle could be a simplified version of traditional Nihongami.
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Item Reference: 006683
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Plastic doll in black hat and elaborate dress, possibly depicting someone Dutch. The dress resembles a Dutch Klederdracht and the hat has plastic tulips affixed. The dress features flower stitching and a netted apron. Blonde plaited hair. With open and close eyes.
Date: c. 1970s
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Item Reference: 006682
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Small hard plastic doll labelled ‘Thailand’ in traditional dress. The dress appears to be a mixture of the lower body panung garment and upper body suea pat garment. Features a hairstyle with two twisted buns around either side of the head. Head unattached.
Date: c. 1970s
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Item Reference: 006681
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Small toy doll, in clear plastic packaging, presumably sold as a souvenir from Brussels. In traditional dress. Cord in the colour of the Belgian flag colours, for hanging or holding, is attached to the packaging. Labelled with ‘Bruxelles’
Date: c. 1980s
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Item Reference: 006680
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefacts
Description: Plastic doll labelled ‘Vietnam’, in traditional Vietnamese ao dài dress (tunic and trousers). Head unattached.
Date: c. 1970s
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Links: More on the ao dài.
Item Reference: 006679
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Doll in guardsman outfit with drum and open and close eyes. The outfit features a leopard skin apron and grenadier bearskin hat.
Date: c. 1970s
Further Information: Leopard skin aprons for British military drummers are a tradition that began in the 18th century and is closely associated with the Grenadier Guardsmen. It continues to this day, though is now ceremonial.
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Item Reference: 006678
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: Celluloid doll in Native American Dress with open and close eyes. Feature orange fabric dress with bead detailing and imitation leather tassels; bead necklace; headband with beading; plaited hair with teal ribbons.
Date: c. 1960s
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