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Packaged in original cellophane bag, clear plastic printed in red, white and black to show the details of the doll and the maker, with trademarks and names.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"DanDolls","id":"A15247"},"association":{"text":"manufacturers","id":"AAT25230"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Vinyl","id":"AAT14502"},{"text":"PVC","id":"AAT14513"},{"text":"Nylon","id":"AAT14462"},{"text":"Cotton jersey","id":"x30560"}],"techniques":[{"text":"machine sewing","id":"AAT257463"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"soft vinyl, PVC, nylon cloth body","categories":[{"text":"Dolls","id":"THES274380"},{"text":"Dolls and toys","id":"THES48967"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"YVA","id":"THES48593"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"SR054","id":"THES342084"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"SR054","id":"THES342084"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"SR054","id":"THES342084"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"SR054","id":"THES342084"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Doll","id":"AAT211087"}],[{"text":"top (clothing)","id":"THES259505"}],[{"text":"trousers","id":"AAT209935"}],[{"text":"Bag","id":"AAT198926"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Denmark","id":"x28806"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1995","earliest":"1995-01-01","latest":"1995-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"48","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Taken from departmental register","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"on cellophane bag - printed in red, white and black \nshield shape with a doll figure below the name DanDoll\nshield shape with a plane shape and DANMARK below DANSK ARBEJDE;  dhp to the side.\nstick on label - NB5136 SPECIAL FRIENDS BLACK BOY 330502","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"This object was acquired as part of a historic V&A collecting policy which sought to “embrace…the changing and diverse social contexts which have been the focus of much design innovation” (V&A, 2006, p.4). Though the collection at the Bethnal Green Museum, now YVA, has a very different personality to that of the South Kensington site, their acquisition decisions during this time demonstrate an intention to correspond with wider institutional ambitions. From the 1990’s the BGM acquired examples of manufacturers ‘attempting to portray people with “special needs”’ (Accession Register, 1996). As such, we see an influx of objects, including nursery equipment relating to children’s mobility (V&A, 2006, p.37) and dolls representing children who have disabilities or those from minoritised ethnic backgrounds. Although aspects of the language used are now understood to be insensitive, repeated here only in their original context, the objects speak to the museum’s attempts to better represent the breadth of their audience’s lived experience. \r\n\r\nV&A, V&A Collecting Plan (2004), 2006\r\nwww. media.vam.ac.uk/media/documents/legacy_documents/file_upload/26983_file.pdf\r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Doll, soft vinyl, nylon cloth, cotton jersey, DanDolls, Denmark 1995","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["B.32:1-1996","B.32:2-1996","B.32:3-1996","B.32:4-1996"],"accessionNumberNum":"32","accessionNumberPrefix":"B","accessionYear":1996,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Special Friends white girl doll [1]","Special Friends white girl doll [2]","Special Friends white girl doll [3]","Special Friends white girl doll [4]"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-04-08","recordCreationDate":"2000-04-18","availableToBook":false}}