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People have made dolls for thousands of years for use as religious objects, toys, and holiday displays.Many traditional dolls, like the Japanese Kokeshi, are still highly desirable today. Many early American dolls were made of rags, or cloth, and are a reminder of the simple life in the 18th and 19th centuries.In the 19th century, French and German dolls were the most popular and innovative dolls in the western world.olls in Europe, Japan, and America made of celluloid, such as the famous Kewpie doll, were eventually replaced by dolls made of plastic, or composition dolls, made of a mix of materials including glue and sawdust.
Photo by marcos_leal CC GA 2.0. It's hard to find a symbol of Russia more popular than the traditional Russian nesting doll. These decorated wooden dolls with a secret are also called matryoshka dolls or babushka dolls. They are recognized even in the countries thousand miles away from Russia.Taking a Russian nesting doll back home is a must among tourists from Europe and the United States alike.ome historians of Russian life argue that matryoshka dolls originated from Japanese traditional dolls. However it's known that Russian masters would make hollow detachable Easter eggs from the wood long before the first nesting doll was made.