Vintage Japanese Doll Heads Hina Matsuri Girl by vintagefromjapan
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Product Description:
This is meant to be used to make dolls for Hina Matsuri or Japan's doll's festival. This would be perfect to make your own doll or to use in mixed media etc.She is missing the stuffing to make the hair "puffy". She would be perfect for making altered dolls or using in mixed media.
She measures The longest one is 20cm (including the hair).
About Hina Matsuri
Platforms with a red hi-mÅsen are used to display a set of ornamental dolls (雛人形, hina-ningyÅ?) representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period. The custom of displaying dolls began during the Heian period. Formerly, people believed the dolls possessed the power to contain bad spirits.
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