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Title: The Mysterious Origins of This Unnervingly Life-like Japanese Doll from the 1800s

Author: Juliet Bennett Rylah

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-16-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

In the Ripley's Odditorium in Amsterdam, there is a loin cloth-clad doll that is so incredibly detailed and realistic, they say you might mistake it for a real person. Adored by company founder Robert Ripley since he acquired it in the 1930s, Edward Meyer, Ripley's VP of Exhibits & Archives, says its one of the collections most popular objects. However, depending on who you ask, this doll has one of two origin stories: the swan song of an artist who, believing he was at deaths door, desired to give one last gift to the woman he loved; or one of only many magnificently detailed dolls constructed by a working class craftsman.

"The Mysterious Origins of This Unnervingly Life-like Japanese Doll from the 1800s" is from atlasobscura.com, published on September 8, 2016.