Doll
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A doll is a model of a human (often a baby), an animal, or a fictional creature (like a Troll or a Smurf), usually made of cloth or plastic. The model is often a miniature but may be of true size.
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Use
Dolls usually intended as toys for children, usually girls, but are sometimes intended as keepsakes or collectibles for older children and adults. Dolls are also used for decoration, or have some cultural significance, possibly for use in some ceremony or ritual, or as a physical representaion of a deity. Anatomically-detailed dolls are also made, either for professional use (see Anatomically correct doll) or as sex toys (see Sex doll).History
Archaeological evidence places dolls as foremost candidate for oldest known toy, having been found in Egyptian tombs which date to as early as 2000 BC.
Composition
Dolls are typically made of the following materials.
- Cloth (see also rag doll)
- Porcelain
- Wool
- Felt
- Polymer-Clay
- Resin
- Paper
- Plastic
- Clay
- Wood
- Corn husks
- Bisque
- Celluloid
- Wax
Famous types of dolls
Toy Dolls
- American Girl
- Ball-jointed doll
- * Super Dollfie
- * Dollfie
- Barbie and Ken
- Betsy Wetsy
- Blythe
- Bobblehead doll
- Bratz
- Cabbage Patch Kids
- Celebrity doll
- * Britney Spears Doll
- * Christina Aguilera Doll
- * Spice Girls Dolls
- * Madonna Doll
- Chatty Cathy
- Cindy Smart
- Dollikins (also called Action Girl)
- Gigi
- Jumeau Dolls
- Kewpie doll
- Paper Doll
- Pinocchio
- Raggedy Ann and Andy
- Société Française de Fabrication de Bébés et Jouets
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Teddy bear
- Tiny Tears
- Troll doll
- Waldorf Doll
- Ugly doll
Other dolls
- Anatomically correct doll
- Sex doll
- Autopsy Babies
- Kachina dolls
- Matryoshka doll
- Voodoo doll
- Worry dolls
- Cartoon Dolls
- Chucky, a Good Guy doll in the horror film Child's Play
- The clown doll on Test Card F
- Reborn Dolls
Action figures
Dolls are distinguished from action figures, which are generally of plastic or semi metallic construction and poseable to some extent, and exist largely for the purpose of marketing the television shows or films which feature the characters they are often modeled after. Modern action figures, such as Action Man, are often marketed towards boys, and dolls towards girls.Events related to dolls
Festivals- Hinamatsuri (Japanese doll festival)
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