Plastic doll representing a female wearing a white cotton blouse with frill at neck and blue embroidery on shoulders; black and red wool bodice laced at front; long red wool embroidered skirt, pleated at the top; multicoloured striped apron, smocked at the top; pointed over-apron (purse) tied at the waist; red cotton headscarf with pattern chiefly in yellow tied on head, hangs to waist at back. Nothing on hands or feet. Height 285mm.
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