Albania Doll Shkodër Muslim

Shkodër (or Shkodra) is a city and county in Northern Albania. This Albanian doll represents a muslim woman from that area. Marked ‘Made in Albania’ at the front of her stand.

Folklore is in the air… uhm… ear!

Details

Object Doll wearing traditional dress
Origin Albania, Shkodër area
Culture Muslims
Medium Fabric, painted paper maché (?), sequins, wood
Mark or Tag On stand
Made by Unknown
Size H 23 cm
Dated Not dated
Acquired Birthday gift 2009 or 2010

Postcard

No postcard available. There should be a nice postcard here that matches this doll, to show you how the people living in Albania are dressed in their traditional costume.

There is nothing suitable in our postcard books at the moment, too bad!

Happy collecting,