Name: Lalie and Zibi with Book
Made by and When: (Lalie) Berdine Creedy Originals, 2007; (Zibi) Hansa Toy International, Inc., 2004
Material: (Lalie) Vinyl, glass eyes, synthetic hair; (Zibi) Stuffed plush fabric, plastic eyes, wired legs
Marks: The artist’s signature is incised in the head.
Height: (Lali) 10 inches; (Zibi) 7 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Lalie has a dark brown straight wig with bangs, brown glass eyes with applied upper eyelashes and painted lower eyelashes, and a closed mouth with light rose lip color.
Clothes: Lalie wears a black and white horizontally striped one-piece jumpsuit underneath a full-length white coat. She holds a pair of black string sandals. A pink and white vertically striped headband adorns Lalie’s hair.
Other: Lalie by Berdine Creedy, Zibi by Hansa Toy International, Inc., and the mini book, Lali & Zibi’s Adventures by Zita Rivera are part of a numbered limited edition of 130 dolls in the Creedy’s Magic of Dolls series. This set is #111 in the edition and includes a certificate of authenticity. Zibi’s hang tag indicates that “Hansa Toy International, Inc. is known and respected for its close to nature reproductions of the world’s best loved animals.”
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