Great facts about Dolls

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• Dolls can be made from any material such as cloth, bone, leather, wood, stone, plastic, porcelain, rubber, composition, vinyl, celluloid, clay, wax, etc.
• Did you know that Barbra Millicent Roberts is the real name of Barbie?
• Dolls have been found in the ancient tombs of Egypt.
• Dolls with movable limbs and removable clothing date back to 200 BCE.
• Every minute, 180 Barbie dolls are sold worldwide.
• Dolls were given to young girls as a lesson in motherhood while they played.
• The first Barbie doll was sold for three dollars.
• Dolls are collected by adults, for their historical importance, beauty and nostalgic or financial value.
• The hard plastic dolls produced during the late 1940's can suffer from a breakdown of the plastic called "Hard Plastic Disease", or "Pedigree Disease".
• Dolls are traditionally viewed as toys for young girls; however, action dolls, are particularly popular among boys.
• 19nth-century bisque dolls made by French manufacturers such as Bru and Jumeau may be worth almost $22,000 today.
• Kachina dolls, also known as katsinas, are made only from the cottonwood root and are hand-carved representations of spirits in customary Native American cultures.
• A reborn doll is a manufactured vinyl play doll that has been transformed to resemble a human baby with as much realism as possible.
• The process of creating a reborn doll is referred to as reborning.
• Some buyers of reborn dolls use them to replace a child they once lost, or a child that has grown up.
• The craft of making reborn dolls began in North America in the early 1990s.