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poupées The first dolls Today one considers a doll as child's toy, but it is a rather new concept. The doll exists for centuries. At the beginning of the civilization dolls were representations of ancestors, idols endowed with powers, with symbols of fertility etc.... Made in different materials: clay, stone, metal, sheet, seed, twig. One found wood engravings representing manufacturers of "dolls" to the work in 1491. Dies the 16eme century the first colonists brought dolls in America, as proves it the drawing in John White's colour, preserved in the museum in London, representing a small bare Indian holding a doll. It is impossible to say when dolls became toys for children. |