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Hello--
Those are Kewpie dolls! Developed by illustrator Rose O'Neill in 1912.
Madly popular for decades. Now I will let the 3,000 other people who
are responding have their say...
Adrienne DeAngelis
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> Greetings!
>
> A few unusual questions from me: Might someone be able to enlighten me
> about the history/origin of cupi (or cuppie) dolls? Does "cupi" (or
> "cuppie") originate in Latin and, if so, with what specific root/word?
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> (No, I'm not playing with dolls or dreaming of the new horror flick
> "Seed of Chucky." LOL! I'm doing some research about a painting in our
> collection which relates - peripherally - to this topic.)
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> Thank you in advance for any help in this regard.
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> Sincerely,
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> j heuman
> Education Curator
> Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
> Utah State University
> 4020 Old Main Hill
> Logan, UT 84322-4020
> t 435.797.0165 | f 435.797.3423
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> Education costs money, but then so does ignorance.
> Sir Charles Moser, b. 1922
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