matryoshka doll
Matryoshka doll is a nesting doll or cultural icon.
Also recorded as Russian nesting doll · Russian doll · stacking doll · Babushka doll
matryoshka doll
Original photo: User:Fanghong Derivative work: User:Gnomz007 · removed background from File:Russian-Matroshka2.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0
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- nesting doll · cultural icon · souvenir
- Region
- Russia
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Matryoshka doll is a nesting doll or cultural icon.
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It is associated with Russia. Catalogue entries state maker, model, completeness of accessories and condition. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.
Japanese-created Russian cultural icon: set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another
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