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PIPPA

Teenage Doll
about 1977 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

reverse socket head, jointed hard plastic woman's body, long blond rooted saran hair, painted facial features, blue eyes with black nylon lashes
jointed at neck, shoulders, hips with diagonal waist joint and visible hip and knee joints covered with a whitish paint
arms slightly bent with hands slightly cupped

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePIPPA (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
soft vinyl, hard vinyl, saran hair
Brief description
Pippa, Palitoy, Hong Kong, 1977
Physical description
reverse socket head, jointed hard plastic woman's body, long blond rooted saran hair, painted facial features, blue eyes with black nylon lashes
jointed at neck, shoulders, hips with diagonal waist joint and visible hip and knee joints covered with a whitish paint
arms slightly bent with hands slightly cupped
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.25in
Production typemass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 8371 2 (head; moulded)
  • (reverse) 5 (upper back)
  • PALITOY HONG KONG (lower back)
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Production
shown in 1977 Palitoy Catalogue

Attribution note: sample
Reason For Production: retail
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
B.1556-1999

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Record createdApril 6, 2000
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