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A doll is
a toy often made in the likeness of a human baby or child, although
dolls are also made in the likeness of human adults, animals, or
fictional creatures (e.g. troll dolls). Dolls can be made out of almost
any material, but both cloth and plastic are popular in doll-making.
 Dolls
are often intended as toys for children but other uses of dolls include
as a keepsake or collectible item for any age, namely older children to
adults. However, dolls are also used because of their cultural
significance, possibly for use in a ceremony or ritual, or even as a
physical representation of a deity. Lifelike dolls can be used for
professional use (see anatomically correct doll) or as sex toys (see sex
doll). Artists' mannequins are also known as "artists' dolls." Dolls
with action figure-like articulation are sometimes referred to as
"action dolls".
Dolls have been around for far longer than most would think,
archaeological evidence placing dolls as foremost candidate for oldest
known toy, having been found in Egyptian tombs which date to as early as
2000 BC. In Egypt, as well as Greece and Rome, it was common to find
them in the graves of children, these were mainly made from wood,
however, among the wealthier families, pottery dolls were also found.
Many suggest that dolls were around even before 2000 BC, going further
back to prehistoric times, and were probably made from materials such as
clay, mud, fur, wood, etc.
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