DOLLS FROM BOLIVIA, BULGARIA, LATVIA and JAPAN

Today I am listing dolls from BOLIVIA, BULGARIA, LATVIA and JAPAN.

I have not been able to find any different dolls lately, so hopefully I will be able to find some to show you soon.
 I suppose it is bound to be more difficult to find them when I already have such a large collection.  Having said this, it means that when I do manage to find something, it will be all the more exciting for me, (and hopefully, for you!).  Even so, I will certainly never stop looking!
For more pictures of the dolls, please see the website.  Thank you.

I have also listed a photograph of a PAKISTAN costume at the bottom of the Blog, which is part of my foreign costume collection.

I have found that the differences between LATVIAN and LITHUANIAN costumes are some-what confusing, as I feel they are rather similar, but a kind fellow doll collector gave me two excellent website addresses which you may like to take a look at.  I have posted the addresses here:  

http://www.latvia.lv/library/folk-dress.

http://folkcostume.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/lielvarde-costume-vidzeme-province.html

My latest dolls:

BOLIVIA

(Website Id:  America - Bolivia - 007 and 007A)

BULGARIA
(Website Id:  (Europe - 0011, 0011A and 0011B)

LATVIA
(Website Id:  Europe - Latvia - 0014)

LATVIA
(Website Id:  Europe - Latvia - 0015)

JAPAN
(Website Id:  Asia - Japan - 0016 and 0016A)

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ONE OF THE COSTUMES IN MY "FOREIGN COSTUME COLLECTION"

PAKISTAN

(Child's costume)

 ENJOY!

Carole

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DOLLS FROM IRELAND AND MORE DOLLS FROM LATVIA

Listed here is a lovely pair of hand made dolls from IRELAND and three little wooden dolls from LATVIA.
You can see more pictures of the dolls on the website.

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I have added a hat from MADEIRA onto the  - "MY FOREIGN HATS AND HEAD-WEAR COLLECTION" page.  

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At the bottom of the Blog I have added a few photos from a recent walk which I did.  The walk was up over the hills around Marteg Bridge in Mid Wales.  

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IRELAND

(Website Id:  Europe - Ireland - 0017, 0017A, 0017B, 0017C and 0017D)

 LATVIA
(Website Id: Europe - Latvia - 0011 and 0011A)

LATVIA
(Website Id:  Europe - Latvia - 0012 and 0012A)

LATVIA
(Website Id: Europe - Latvia - 0013)

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HATS
MADEIRA (PORTUGAL)

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These photos were taken on a recent walk which I did up around the hills above MARTEG BRIDGE.

As always, the scenery was fantastic!

A WALKER ADMIRING THE SCENERY

COFFEE BREAK (and more walkers)

 GILFACH NATURE RESERVE
(The Old Byre)

ENJOY!

Carole.

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LITTLE WOODEN DOLLS FROM LATVIA

Today I am listing six little LATVIA dolls with wooden bodies.  They are all dressed in the costumes of different regions but I do not know the regions, so any help would be much appreciated!

They are an interesting set made all in the same way.

For more photos of the dolls, please see the website.  Thank you.

LATVIA
(Website Id:  Europe - Latvia - 005 and 005A)

LATVIA
(Website Id:  Europe - Latvia - 006)

 LATVIA
(Website Id:  Europe - Latvia - 007)

 LATVIA
(Europe - Latvia - 008)

 LATVIA
(Europe - Latvia - 009)

 LATVIA
(Europe - Latvia - 0010, 0010A and 0010B)

 ENJOY!

Carole.

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GAMBIA DOLL now on website. (Technical problem solved!)

GOOD NEWS!

The technical problem I have had on my Blog has now been solved by a very kind friend, so I will now be able to add more posts and photos on here.  It is such a relief!

Today I am just adding one doll from Gambia but I will be able to add more dolls soon.  To see more information about the doll, please see the website.  Thank you.

I have also added a Polish army beret onto the PAGE - "MY FOREIGN HATS AND HEAD-WEAR COLLECTION".  To see the beret, just click onto "MY FOREIGN HATS AND HEAD-WEAR COLLECTION" at the top, right hand side of this page.

The picture at the bottom of the page shows me on a recent walk up over Llandegley Rocks, Powys.  (For some reason the sheep all decided to follow me, much to the amusement of my family!).

GAMBIA - (Hand made doll)

Website Id:  (Africa - Gambia - 0012

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MY RECENT WALK. 

LLANDEGLEY ROCKS, POWYS.

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