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The Nampa figurine (also known as the Nampa Image or the Nampa Doll) is a 1.5-inch (38 mm) fired clay doll found near Nampa, Idaho, in 1889. The figurine has been dyed red, possibly due to iron oxide deposition, and depicts a female figure with jewelry and clothing. The artifact has been the subject of substantial controversy over its apparent age.
Huishan clay figurines are clay figures with concise and full shape, smooth and lively lines, bright and eye-catching colours and ingenious and meticulous ideas. The raw material of Huishan clay figurines is black mud, [ 4 ] which is taken from the foothills about 1 meter below the ground on the northeast slope of Huishan Mountain . [ 5 ]
Tuck comb dolls are a special style of peg wooden doll, named for their carved hair comb. The head and body are turned as one piece. The hair is usually painted with curled fringes and with a painted comb. Early tuck comb dolls had elongated, graceful proportions, nicely carved details, painted slippers, and sometimes with wood pendant earrings.
The Frozen Charlotte doll is made in the form of a standing, naked figure molded as a solid piece. The dolls are also sometimes described as pillar dolls, solid chinas or bathing babies. [3] The dolls ranged in size from under an inch to 18 inches plus. The smallest dolls were sometimes used as charms in Christmas puddings.
The fiber increases the tensile strength of the dry clay and enables dry-to-dry and wet-to-dry joins. Commercial paper clays air-dry to a firm, lightweight sculpture, with minimal shrinking during the drying process. [4] Paper clay can be used as an unfired body in craft and doll-making.
This combination of photos shows My First Barbie dolls, from left, Brooklyn, Teresa and Renee. My First Barbie, made specifically for children as young as 3, is 13.5 inches tall, with a broader ...
The whereabouts of Number 2 remained a mystery until November 2011 when Utah State University anthropologist Bonnie Pitblado received an anonymous package in the mail. Inside was a clay figurine, strikingly similar in appearance to the Pilling Figurines of the Fremont Culture. Along with the figurine was a note that read:
Matryoshka dolls may have been inspired by a nesting doll imported from Japan. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] The Children's Education workshop where Zvyozdochkin was a lathe operator received a five piece, cylinder-shaped nesting doll featuring Fukuruma ( Fukurokuju ) in the late 1890s, [ 8 ] which is now part of the collection at the Sergiev Posad Museum of ...