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(above) Digital data showing doll stuffing (below) paper packing in orbits


INSIDE THE DOLLS

The dolls are both 48 cm long and made of a tan-coloured leather. One is 17 cm wide and the other is approximately 14 cm wide. Through x-ray and CT scanning, it has been discovered (along with the presence of neonatal crania) that the orbits are packed with what could be folded paper, and the dolls bodies' are filled with horsehair or a similar material, as well as wire frames at their very cores. The larger of the dolls has small marks in the maxilla area faintly reminiscent of a moustache, while the skull of the smaller doll is broken; the pieces are still inside the leather indicating this may have happened while the doll was being used to train. The same doll also has an inflexible twist in the neck area, so that the head faces consistently sideways.

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X-Rays / CT data provided by the Radiology Department
of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for RCPE

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