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20" (51 cm.) Made of reinforced plaster or synthetic material designed to be the weight of a newborn baby, the doll has socket head and jointed arms and legs in bent baby position, with hand-painted tan complexion, painted grey eyes, black fringed upper lashes, fringed brows, closed mouth with pink lips, light pink blush on cheeks, wispy brunette human hair, cupped hands, wearing white knit sweater and cap, large panties and flannel wrap, quilted bib, cotton gown. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Sasha Morgenthaler, circa 1950. In 1935 Sasha Morgenthaler completed midwifery training in Basel. Her interest in the subject never abated as indicated by her exclusive commissioned production of the weighted "newborn windelkind" doll in the 1950s for the children’s charity organization, Pro Juventate. The doll, designed as a teaching aid in courses on newborn care, was created with the actual weight of a newborn babe; similar teaching dolls were made by both Martha Chase and Kathe Kruse. Value Points: among the rarest of the Sasha dolls, this example is notable for especially artistic painting of complexion and features.