African doll makers often use traditional techniques passed down through generations. These methods involve using locally ...

Hopi Katsina dolls are on exhibit at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art through May 4. Credit: Courtesy photo Hopi Katsina dolls, carved and colorfully decorated wooden figures, are more than just ...

Kokeshi dolls are pocket-sized, wooden figurines characterized by their lack of arms and legs. First gaining popularity following World War II, the dolls continue to serve as a memento of Japanese ...

Visitors can celebrate the traditional attire of Plains and Plateau tribes through 23 colorful and meticulously handmade dolls in “Grand Procession: Dolls from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sendai Kiji Workshop in Japan makes Kokeshi dolls, a type of wooden doll carved from a single block of wood that originated in mountainside villages 200 years ago.

Ukrainian souvenirs such as pysankas (painted Easter eggs), vyshyvankas (embroidered shirts) and Petrykivka ornamental paintings are common gifts. Another is the stackable Russian matryoshka doll, ...

Rosy cheeked matryoshka dolls are looking for government help. SERGIYEV POZAD, Russia, July 5, 2009— -- In Russia, the traditional nesting doll, known as the matryoshka, is getting a bailout.

TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - Shunichiro Yagi was worried about whether his traditional Japanese doll sets would sell this year as the recession spread through the economy. With most of them costing ...