Girl's World
Styling Head
ca. 1977 (manufactured)
ca. 1977 (manufactured)
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A card box printed in colours on blue to show the title, maker's details and photographs of the doll head and a girl playing with it. Inside is a cut and shaped card lining to hold the turning mechanism securely. The box contains a large PVC doll's head on a neck stand which has four suction feet and a press button release to lengthen or shorten the hair strands, painted facial features, blue eyes and blond rooted saran hair. Around the neck is a black ribbon choker necklace and on the ears a pair of blue earrings.
With the head is a dark pink plastic comb and a hairbrush of the same colour, with white nylon bristles. There are six plastic hair rollers, two blue and four pink. There is also a plastic tray with a collection of cosmetics and an illustrated booklet.
With the head is a dark pink plastic comb and a hairbrush of the same colour, with white nylon bristles. There are six plastic hair rollers, two blue and four pink. There is also a plastic tray with a collection of cosmetics and an illustrated booklet.
Object details
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Parts | This object consists of 37 parts.
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Title | Girl's World (manufacturer's title) |
Materials and techniques | Printed card and paper, painted PVC, other plastics, saran |
Brief description | Styling head, Girl's World, Palitoy, about 1977 |
Physical description | A card box printed in colours on blue to show the title, maker's details and photographs of the doll head and a girl playing with it. Inside is a cut and shaped card lining to hold the turning mechanism securely. The box contains a large PVC doll's head on a neck stand which has four suction feet and a press button release to lengthen or shorten the hair strands, painted facial features, blue eyes and blond rooted saran hair. Around the neck is a black ribbon choker necklace and on the ears a pair of blue earrings. With the head is a dark pink plastic comb and a hairbrush of the same colour, with white nylon bristles. There are six plastic hair rollers, two blue and four pink. There is also a plastic tray with a collection of cosmetics and an illustrated booklet. |
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Production type | mass produced |
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Credit line | Given by the Palitoy Company |
Production | Reason For Production: retail |
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Other number | 32301 - catalogue number |
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Accession number | B.1958:1 to 21-1999 |
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Record created | April 26, 2000 |
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