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Doll called a 'Girl from Tartary' with a bisque body, long blonde hair in a single plait bound with a pale blue ribbon, rosy cheeks and brown eyes that open and close. She wears a blouse of red and white cloth decorated with glass beads sewn on sequins and has long sleeves. The skirt is ankle length, woven with irregular white bands on a red ground. The doll is also wearing white stockings bound with cross-gartering and brown, leather shoes.
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