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    Hina Doll Heads - Vintage Japanese Doll Heads

    This is meant to be used to make dolls for Hina Matsuri or Japan's doll's festival. This would be perfect to make your own doll or to use in mixed media etc. About Hina Matsuri Platforms with a red hi-mōsen are used to display a set of ornamental dolls (雛人形, hina-ningyō?) representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period. The custom of displaying dolls began during the Heian period. Formerly, people believed the dolls possessed the power to contain bad spirits. Hina Matsuri Doll Heads - Vintage Japanese Doll Heads http://www.etsy.com/shop/vintagefromjapan?section_id=6181926

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