DOLL, Sleep and Awake

Kewpie type doll. Double sided. Each side is identical except for blue eyes painted on one side, and closed eyelids on the other. The mouth is painted red and the remainder of the doll is unpainted. She is cream in colour. There are no moveable parts. The doll is also a rattle. Between the period 1919-1937 Politoy in England made only Kewpie type dolls and babies rattles. During this period the Japanese were also producing great numbers of celluloid dolls which were exported to Australia, among other places. This doll may be one of either of these. It has no markings. The toys were used by Miss Frances Rogers. Miss Rogers, born on 19 Oct 1904, went to Teacher's College in 1930 and joined the Education Department of W.A. in 1934. Between 1934 and her retirement in 1967, she taught at various country schools, took special classes for deaf and dumb children in Mosman Park, and classes for mentally and physically disabled children in Leederville. She also made and purchased a large collection of puppets which were used as teaching aids. These are accessioned under numbers H88/613 to H89/307 (not inclusive).

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