Name: Festivals of the World Kwanzaa Barbie
Made by and When: Mattel, 2006
Material: Vinyl
Head Sculpt: Mbili
Height: 11-1/2 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Long brown curly hair with auburn highlights, brown side-glancing eyes, closed mouth with dark red lip color
Clothes: Yellow belted tunic and full-length yellow skirt are trimmed in African-print, matching African-print headwrap, dangle bead earrings, gold and beaded necklaces, yellow high-heel shoes
Other: Designed by Katiana Jiménez, Kwanzaa Barbie is from the Pink Label Festivals of the World Barbie collection. The back of the box describes the Kwanzaa celebration and illustrates this doll and two others in the collection—Oktoberfest Barbie and Diwali Barbie.
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