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main as toys but it is possible, that by the grown-up people they 

 were formerly given a significance beyond their capacity as playthings^). 

 Further, it is probable that some of the grotesque larger dolls, which 



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Fig. 366. Dolls carved in wood. (Holm and later colls.), a — г ^Is, j—m ^Is, n—o ^1 



have been carved in a sitting position and provided with a carefully 

 marked face (fig. 366a, d, e, 367, 368) have been something more or 

 something else than toys for children, having thus either served as 

 amulets or been considered as idols. The couple in fig, 366/" con- 



1) Ryder (1895) pp. 139-140; Graah (1832) p. 101. 



