Photo of dolls from the collection of Itske and Anthony Stern. This photo was presented during a public program, Kokeshi: Not Just a Toy!, at the Japanese American National Museum on July 25, 2009 in conjunction with the Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy exhibition on display from July 11 through October 4, 2009.

Accompanying text from the original PowerPoint slide:

Don’t overlook these babies!!! These are the babies in the “baskets” (EJIKO) and this is how the field workers took their babies to work with them, by placing them in baskets near them as they worked. All the ten different types have these ejiko dolls.

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