Hungarian Folk Doll

Title	Hungarian Folk Doll
Subject	Hungary, Folk, Costume, Dress, Flower Headdress
Description	White cloth body doll with composition head, the face appears to be paper-mache and glued on a plastic head. Face is yellow and painted with black brows and lashes with blue eyes, red blush, and a red closed mouth. Blonde plastic hair in two braids tied with light orange and gold ribbons and colorful flower headdress on top of the head with stitched felt flowers and sequins. Dressed in thin cotton white blouse with blue and gold vest topped with red necklace. Skirt is blue, lined at bottom with gold, red, and white, underskirt has "Made in Hungary" stamp, detachable blue apron stitched with gold shapes with red slippers.
Creator	Unknown
Date	Unknown, possibly circa 1930s
Contributor	Shelbi Royster, Gift of Chris Seidman
Format	9.5 inches
Format	image/jpeg
Type	still image
Abstract	This doll depicts elements of Hungarian folk costume with the floral headdress, apron, and skirt. Folk dress varies in each of the communities in Hungary, but this doll’s costume is unique and incomparable to other regions and festive dress. The creator of the doll most likely modeled and hand-constructed the doll after one specific person, which would explain its unique appearance. This could also mean the doll was intended for tourists to acquire some exclusivity from the souvenirs.
Identifier	https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/student/items/show/13160