This doll with its childlike features and the costume of a grown-up woman cannot easily be categorized as a children’s toy or as a grown-up’s collection item. The features of its being babylike, make it seem like a girl’s baby doll. Creating possible ways of imitating the adults around them, caring for a doll like they were cared for (Kenny, J., 2024). These dolls are designed to be cute and babylike to awaken this will care. The clothing and collection factor of the doll suggests otherwise. The fact that the doll represents the traditional women's costume, which is embedded with cultural values, seems like something a child would not recognize. The intended influence of the doll determines for whom the doll is intended. Through several media forms, cultural norms are reproduced and imprinted (Killian, C., 2023). The doll can be a medium, to not only portray but further pass on the cultural norms such as modesty. These intended usages can only be influenced to a certain extent. Who buys, plays, or collects a doll like this little Dutch doll, cannot be further controlled.
