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Author Markel, Michelle.

Title Cornhusk, silk, and wishbones : a book of dolls from around the world / Michelle Markel.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [2000]
©2000
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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 688.7221 Markel Cor 2000    Available  ---  Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.
Description 48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
age Children
Summary Examines a variety of dolls throughout the world, discussing how they have been used at different times and how they reflect the cultures that created them.
Contents Introduction -- Akuaba doll -- Bread dolls -- Corn doll -- Dairi-sama dolls -- Ere ibeji -- Frozen Charlottes -- Greek doll -- Harvest doll -- Inupiat dolls -- Jumeau doll -- Kachina doll -- Lenci doll -- Matryoshkas -- Nina -- Ozark dolls -- Polish doll -- Queen Anne doll -- Ramakien dolls -- Sioux doll -- Topsy turvy doll -- Ushabti -- Vodou dolls -- Wishbone dolls -- Xmas dolls -- Yarn dolls -- Zulu doll -- Map (showing origin of each doll type) -- Collecting dolls -- Selected bibliography.
Provenance Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.
Subject Dolls -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Dolls.
Social aspects.
Dolls -- Cross-cultural studies -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies.
ISBN 0618054871
9780618054879

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