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Dolly

Description

- Red Matryoshka (Russian Nesting Doll) Earrings by PolishedTwo.Etsy

Handpainted doll-face beads adorn these whimsical earrings. While traditional Russian nesting dolls are handpainted wood, these little dollies for your ears are made with handpainted porcelain beads.

Each doll is a big-eyed, smiling blonde wrapped in red. The beads dangle from white brass (silvertone) kidneywire earrings in a total length of 2.5 inches (6.5 cm).

More on Matryoska dolls from Wikipedia:
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A Matryoshka doll or a Russian nested doll (often incorrectly referred to as a Babushka doll - babushka means "grandmother" in Russian), is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside the other. "Matryoshka" (Матрёшка) is a derivative of the Russian female first name "Matryona", which was a very popular name among peasants in old Russia. The name "Matryona" in turn is related to the Latin root "mater" and means "mother", so the name is closely connected with motherhood and in turn the doll has come to symbolize fertility.

Added on Nov 25, 2009