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1999

Kondratenko, Dina Vladimirovna

Doll

1938–1943, Karagandinskii camp

Cloth, stitches

Height – 6cm Width – 2.5cm

Head for a rag-doll, made of cloth. The face is embroidered on with coloured stitches. The hair is of pale-yellow fibres.

Small holes in the cloth, the doll's 'hair' is tangled.

Given by D.B. Kondratenko. According to the owner's testimony, the doll was made by her mother, Olga Andreevna Pilipenko while imprisoned, and sent to her at the children's home as a present.