Name: Amalia and Kira
Made by and When: Helen Kish, 1997
Material: String-jointed vinyl
Marks: (Amalia-on the head) ©1997 Kish & Company / 97E; (Kira’s head) ©1997 Kish & Company / 973TM
Height: 11 and 16 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouths: Brown wigs, brown painted eyes, closed mouths; Amalia’s textured wig has curly bangs, side curls, and one long braid in the back. Kira’s curly wig has bangs and two curly pigtails adorned with turquoise tulle ponytail holders.
Clothes: Except for the tutu style and the design at the top of each leotard, both dolls wear identical ballet costumes of a white leotard, white tights, and white slippers with turquoise lace-up ribbons. Amalia’s turquoise tutu is made of jersey-knit fabric. Kira’s tutu is made of several layers of turquoise tulle.
Other: Amalia and Kira are two of the four dolls from Helen Kish’s Ballet Recital collection. Amalia and Kira share the same head sculpts as Naomi and Tooloo.
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