<div><div dir="auto">Dear BCMA, yassas! Greek hello</div><div dir="auto">I sent the photo of the doll to a Greek friend of mine who is a physics teacher, but is exceptionally knowledgeable on Greek culture .</div></div><div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">She says it is in Macedonian dress and those types of doll were common in the sixties .</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Paul Harrison- conservator in HongKong ( wife and kids in Vancouver)</div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 at 05:57, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca" target="_blank">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I'm by no means an expert, so this is just a stab in the dark, but the doll's outfit (especially the headdress) looks vaguely Greek (or otherwise southeastern European/Mediterranean) to me. I have no idea if that's where it would have been made or not, but it might serve as a starting point. </div><div><br></div><div>Holly Peterson</div><div>Assistant Curator<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Bulkley Valley Museum</div><div>PO Box 2615</div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1425+Main+Street+Smithers,+BC+V0J+2N0?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">1425 Main Street</a></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1425+Main+Street+Smithers,+BC+V0J+2N0?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">Smithers, BC</a></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1425+Main+Street+Smithers,+BC+V0J+2N0?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">V0J 2N0</a></div><div><br></div><div>250-847-5322</div><div><a href="mailto:info@bvmuseum.org" target="_blank">info@bvmuseum.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 10:33 AM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca" target="_blank">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr">As we progress cataloging our collection in the Proficio CMS, we have been finding all manner of curiosities. We are having difficulty determining the cultural origin of this little plastic doll. It appears to have been made circa 1960's, so that might help.<br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Todd Davidson</font><div>Operations Manager</div><div>Princeton and District Museum and Archives</div><div>167 Vermillion Ave., PO Box 281,</div><div>Princeton, BC, V0X 1W0</div><div>250-295-7588</div><div><a href="http://www.princetonmuseum.org" target="_blank">www.princetonmuseum.org</a></div><div><a href="mailto:princetonmuseum@gmail.com" target="_blank">princetonmuseum@gmail.c</a>om</div><div><br></div><div><i>We acknowledge that our activities take place on the traditional lands of the</i></div><div><font size="4" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>Upper Similkameen First Nation</i></font></div></div></div></div></div><div id="m_9217189366482711346m_3309662110611679781gmail-m_-5637909798205465047DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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