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    The History of Dolls

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    Dolls have been made and used by humans since prehistoric times, often depicted in religious figures or used as playthings. Early dolls were likely made of primitive materials like clay, fur, or wood. Egyptian tombs from 2000 BC have contained wooden dolls painted with designs and bead "hair" as cherished possessions. Ancient dolls found in children's graves were simple creations made of materials like clay, rags, wood or bone to be as lifelike as possible, with some having movable limbs dating back to 600 BC. Following ancient dolls, Europe became a major hub of doll production in wood and later composition materials like paper pulp in the 1800s as manufacturing advanced.

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    Dolls have been made and used by humans since prehistoric times, often depicted in religious figures or used as playthings. Early dolls were likely made of primitive materials like clay, fur, or wood. Egyptian tombs from 2000 BC have contained wooden dolls painted with designs and bead "hair" as cherished possessions. Ancient dolls found in children's graves were simple creations made of materials like clay, rags, wood or bone to be as lifelike as possible, with some having movable limbs dating back to 600 BC. Following ancient dolls, Europe became a major hub of doll production in wood and later composition materials like paper pulp in the 1800s as manufacturing advanced.

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    Dolls have been made and used by humans since prehistoric times, often depicted in religious figures or used as playthings. Early dolls were likely made of primitive materials like clay, fur, or wood. Egyptian tombs from 2000 BC have contained wooden dolls painted with designs and bead "hair" as cherished possessions. Ancient dolls found in children's graves were simple creations made of materials like clay, rags, wood or bone to be as lifelike as possible, with some having movable limbs dating back to 600 BC. Following ancient dolls, Europe became a major hub of doll production in wood and later composition materials like paper pulp in the 1800s as manufacturing advanced.

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    The History of Dolls

    Dolls have been a part of humankind since prehistoric times. Used to depict religious figures or used as
    playthings, early dolls were probably made from primitive materials such as clay, fur, or wood. No dolls
    have survived from prehistoric times, although a fragment of an alabaster doll with movable arms from
    the Babylonian period was recovered.

    Dolls constructed of flat pieces of wood, painted with various designs and with "hair" made of strings of
    clay or wooden beads, have often been found in Egyptian graves dating back to 2000 BC. Egyptian
    tombs of wealthy families have included pottery dolls. Dolls placed in these graves leads some to
    believe that they were cherished possessions.

    Dolls were also buried in Greek and Roman children's graves. Girls from Greece and Rome dedicated
    their wooden dolls to goddesses after they were too "grown-up" to play with dolls.

    Most ancient dolls that were found in children's tombs were very simple creations, often made from such
    materials as clay, rags, wood, or bone. Some of the more unique dolls were made with ivory or wax. The
    main goal was to make the doll as "lifelike" as possible. That ideal lead to the creation of dolls with
    movable limbs and removable garments, dating back to 600 B.C.

    Following the era of the ancient dolls, Europe became a major hub for doll production. These dolls were
    primarily made of wood. Primitive wooden stump dolls from 16th and 17th century England number
    less than 30 today. The Grodnertal area of Germany produced many peg wooden dolls, a type of doll
    that has very simple peg joints and resembles a clothespin.

    An alternative to wood was developed in the 1800s. Composition is a collective term for mixtures of
    pulped wood or paper that were used to make doll heads and bodies. These mixtures were molded under
    pressure, creating a durable doll that could be mass produced. Manufacturers closely guarded the recipes
    for their mixtures, sometimes using strange ingredients like ash or eggshells. Papier-mache, a type of
    composition, was one of the most popular mixtures.

    In addition to wooden dolls, wax dolls were popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Munich was a major
    manufacturing center for wax dolls, but some of the most distinctive wax dolls were created in England
    between 1850 and 1930. Wax modelers would model a doll head in wax or clay, and then use plaster to
    create a mold from the head. Then they would pour melted wax into the cast. The wax for the head
    would be very thin, no more than 3 mm. One of the first dolls that portrayed a baby was made in
    England from wax at the beginning of the 19th century.

    Porcelain became popular at the beginning of the 19th century. Porcelain is made by firing special clays
    in a kiln at more than 2372 degrees Fahrenheit. Only a few clays can withstand firing at such high
    temperatures. Porcelain is used generically to refer to both china and bisque dolls. China is glazed,
    whereas bisque is unglazed. Germany, France, and Denmark started creating china heads for dolls in the
    1840s. China heads were replaced by heads made of bisque in the 1860s. Bisque, which is fired twice
    with color added to it after the first firing, looked more like skin than china did.

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