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Doll with bisque head, human hair, and kid leather body, manufactured in the late 19th century, probably in Germany

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Painted wooden Egyptian doll, 2000 bc.

Native American Hopi artists carve kachina dolls, representing spirits of ancestors. Children learn about the kachina spirits while they play with the dolls.

Leather dolls, possibly made by the Pondo people, South Africa.

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Jill E. Barad

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Mildred Cleghorn

Apache dollmaker, teacher, and tribal leader

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Colleen Moore

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