Doll: Skipper, Barbie's Little Sister

Object/Artifact

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Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Doll: Skipper, Barbie's Little Sister

Entry/Object ID

999.10.39a,b

Description

Vintage Skipper (a), Barbie's Little Sister doll (1964). Plastic doll with blue eyes, long blond hair, red plastic ballet flat shoes, green felt dress with metal buckle and bead buttons, green felt dress with beads at shoulder, yellow turtleneck shirt. Has round blue travelling case (b) with white handle. Front has "skipper, Barbies Little Sister" and depicts three versions of the doll in different outfits. Case contains; Pink stripped apron with pink pockets (says baby sitter, labelled for Barbie than Skipper), Plaid long sleeved dress (tagged for Skipper), the red 'sailor suit' bathing suit skipper was originally sold with, red felt dress with white 'fur' neck, red sundress, red vest, red velvet skirt with floral lining & straps & matching hat of white fur, red felt jacket (trimmed with ribbon), pink knit sweater, red striped hoody, blue pans, brown pants, brown corduroy coat with fur collar, pastel striped kitted dress, white knitted skirt, green knitted shorts, white nylon romper for a larger doll, footwear (a pair of black boots - Skipper's and pair of cork sandals - Barbie's, one black + brown + orange + red sandal - Barbie's).

Made/Created

Date made

1964

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Doll

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Height

24 cm

Width

8 cm

Diameter

5 cm

Dimension Notes

Case: 21 cm length x 23 cm width x 5 depth

Material

plastic - plastique, fibre, fibre, felt - fibre, feutre, fabric - tissu, metal - métal