Name: Belly Button Baby
Made by and When: Ideal, 1970
Material: Soft vinyl, rigid plastic, paint
Marks: (Head) ©1970 / IDEAL TOY CORP / E9-2-H165 / HONG KONG; (Back) IDEAL TOY CORP / HONG KONG / 2A-0155
Height: 9 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Short black rooted hair, brown-painted eyes with painted upper eyelashes, wide closed smile with pink lips
Clothes: Redressed in a white crocheted dress and matching booties, the doll originally wore a white cotton dress and a matching diaper and came with a baby rattler. (See a boxed doll in the original clothes here.)
Other: Pressing the doll’s large belly button activates back-and-forth head and limb movement to mimic a happy baby.
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