Tag: dolls
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088 | Dolls :: St. Petersburg, Russia, 2013
Can’t have a week of dolls with out these matryoshkas! I had planned to buy a set when I went to Russia, but the pretty ones were quite expensive, and I never found anything super unique like the political ones. Good thing too, since when I came back to the states and did a search…
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087 | Dolls :: Prague, Czech Republic, 2016
So these are also technically not dolls, but I loved these shapeless faceless mannequins! There’s something special about faceless dolls. It evokes curiosity, even though you know that it’s lifeless, you can’t help assign some kind of personality to it. It makes you wonder that, if she had a face, would she be smiling? Or…
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084 | Dolls :: Hanoi, Vietnam, 2012
Found these at a park in Hanoi, sitting outside a tourist shop. I love how everyone looks so happy! These are miniature versions of the puppets used in the water puppet shows in Northern Vietnam. Apparently whenever the rice fields flooded in the old days, farmers would entertain each other with puppets in the water??…
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083 | Dolls :: Bali, Indonesia, 2013
I first encountered these Indonesian rod puppets at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum. There was a wall dedicated to these creatures, looking eery yet regal with their elongated bodies, dressed in elaborate outfits and either grotesque or beautiful masks. I was mesmerized by the intricacy of the puppets, from the colorful embroidery on their…