Doll

For other uses of the word "doll,", seeDolls.

A woman dressing her dolls

Adollis a child'stoythat looks like ababyor otherhuman being.Dolls have been around since the beginning of human civilization, and have been made from many different types of materials, like stone, clay, wood, bone, cloth and paper, to porcelain, china,rubberandplastic.

While dolls are usually for children, they are also collected by adults, for remembering things from the past, their beauty, their historical importance or their financial value (being worth money). In ancient times, dolls were used as symbols of a deity (god), and played an important role in religious ceremonies and rituals.

Lifelike or anatomically correct dolls are used by health professionals, medical schools, and social workers to train doctors and nurses in different health procedures or to find out about cases of sexual abuse of children. Artists sometimes use jointed mannequins orball-jointed dolls in drawing the human body.Action figuresare types of dolls that represent superheroes and military people are particularly popular among boys. There are baby dolls, paper dolls,rag dolls,talking dolls,fashion dollsand many others.

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