Who made the first doll? Detailed answer

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Who made the first doll?

Today we have dolls that walk, talk, scream, sleep, drink - they are as close as possible to living beings. But imagine a poor girl whose parents cannot buy a doll. She will take a piece of log, dress it up in clothes and say that this is her doll. And it will be a doll! It is only necessary that the child considers her a doll. For this reason, we cannot determine when the dolls originated. Probably from prehistoric times, because when there were children, there were also dolls.

Indian children used for this a piece of wood with a thickening instead of a head. Persian children played with dolls folded from fabric with a face painted on it. Dolls made of clay or bone have been found in prehistoric child graves around the world. Some authorities say that for the first time the doll was used in religious cults. Children were allowed to hold the doll as an idol, an image, but it was forbidden to play with it.

Others claim that children played with dolls in prehistoric times. Among the earliest dolls that have come down to us were those of the ancient Egyptians. In general, it seems that they were very partial to dolls. They made them out of wood and decorated them with beads. The found Egyptian dolls are over 3000 years old.

The ancient Greeks also had interesting dolls. They had well-shaped heads, and their arms and legs moved with ropes. And in our time, in various parts of the world, children play with dolls that are completely different from ours, and which they will prefer to ours. A little Eskimo plays with an ivory doll. A girl from Mexico - made of baked clay, and it seems to her that our dolls are too pale.

Modern dolls are made from wax, fabrics, papier-mâché, and other materials. The heads of the most expensive dolls are created by the best artists. But you perfectly understand that a girl’s favorite doll may not be the most expensive one.

Author: Likum A.

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