Description
Vintage pair of Greek folk costume dolls depicting a shepherd and a woman spinning wool, dressed in detailed traditional rural clothing.
The male shepherd wears a pleated white fustanella-style garment, vest, wool cloak, leg wraps and pom-pom style shoes. He carries a wooden staff and woven shoulder bag. The female figure wears a headscarf, striped skirt and heavy wool cloak and is depicted spinning wool, with fiber arranged on a distaff and additional spinning accessories.
Both feature hand-painted cloth faces with plastic hands and detailed textile construction. The pair measures approximately 8 inches tall.
Similar Greek souvenir dolls are documented from the mid-20th century, with closely comparable examples attributed to the 1950s–1960s.
The male shepherd wears a pleated white fustanella-style garment, vest, wool cloak, leg wraps and pom-pom style shoes. He carries a wooden staff and woven shoulder bag. The female figure wears a headscarf, striped skirt and heavy wool cloak and is depicted spinning wool, with fiber arranged on a distaff and additional spinning accessories.
Both feature hand-painted cloth faces with plastic hands and detailed textile construction. The pair measures approximately 8 inches tall.
Similar Greek souvenir dolls are documented from the mid-20th century, with closely comparable examples attributed to the 1950s–1960s.











