RUSSIAN DOLL (MATRYOSHKA DOLL)

What is the meaning behind the Russian Matryoshka doll in particular? In Russian, the word Matryoshka literally means "little matron" and is also a familiar shortening of the common name Matryona or Matriosha, popular names among the female peasantry of old Russia. The Latin root word of Matryoshka is mater, which means "mother." Motherhood, family and fertility all influence the meaning and significance of the Russian nested doll. Having a large and close-knit family is common and even important in traditional Russian culture, with many generations and extended relatives playing an active role in the family dynamic, including grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. The Matryoshka doll is a symbol `of the Russian babushka, a strong female matriarch and a central figure in the Russian family. In short Russian doll is a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to fit inside each other. A set of Matryoshka consists of a wooden figure which separates, top from bottom, to reveal a smaller figure of the same sort inside, which has, in turn, another figure inside of it, and so on. The number of nested figures is traditionally not less than five, but can be much more, up to several dozen with sufficiently fine craftsmanship. The figures inside may be of either gender; the smallest, innermost doll is typically a baby lathed from a single small piece of wood (and hence non-opening).

The shape of the Matryoshka doll is wide and full figured, much like the body of a woman who has given birth to many children. It can even be said that the Matryoshka dolls shape is round and elongated like an egg, a popular symbol of fertility and reproduction since ancient times. Like an egg, out of the Matryoshka stacking doll life emerges in symbolic form. The biggest nesting doll births the smaller ones, just as the grandmother or babushka gives life to the younger generations of her family, symbolized through the full family of stacking dolls of decreasing sizes.

Material: Light wood in Assorted Colour 

Colour: Multi 

Measure: Height 14, Width 6 cm (5 Pcs)

Its non-toxic colours with sharp less edge make it the child safe.

Please understand almost that all items of keralashopee (TM) are handmade, and handmade items, by nature, have imperfections. Although we are thorough, there are inconsistencies based on the creative nature, each item will look a little different from the next. Any item you purchase is unique. Even if the product is from the same lot, the unique patterning of texture will always make each item beautifully different.

(The picture is only for reference. Colour of the Toys may vary according to the stock)