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Two Guatemalan Worry Dolls with 100% Cotton Pouch, "Love and Hope"
Crafted by members of the Lopez Garcia Family of Guatemala, these quitapenas dolls make a wonderful gift for friends or family that tells the recipient you care about their well-being and wish them the best. Quitapenas means "to remove worries" in Spanish; artisan Aura Lopez explains the Mayan worry doll tradition. "My grandparents said that the way to use them was to take the doll out of the bag or wooden box and tell it your problems and fears," she states. "Then, you place the doll under your pillow and, the next day, your problem becomes smaller or can be resolved." The set consists of two pairs of male and female worry dolls joined together by a red heart. Handmade, the dolls are dressed in vividly-colored traditional Guatemalan attire and arrive in a pouch of handwoven cotton fabric.
- 14 grams
- 0.49 oz
- Each: 6.35 cm L x 2 cm W
- Each: 2.5" L x 0.8" W
- Pouch: 12 cm L x 10 cm W
- Pouch: 4.7" L x 3.9" W
- 100% cotton, polyurethane, tule wood, nylon, kraft paper
- Hand-crafted item -- color, size and/or motif may vary slightly
- Not a toy and not intended for use in or near cribs, beds, playpens, or carriages
- Not a toy. Not intended for use by children age 12 or under.
- Made in Guatemala.
- Certified and shipped by our office in Central America
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Yasmin
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01/29/2022
"gift for friend"
these are so well made and my friend loved them!
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- keepsake
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- This was a gift for: Friend
- Occasion: Christmas
Georgia
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09/21/2021
"beautiful"
beautiful sweet worry dolls, Id highly recommend! thank you :)
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Marnie
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08/24/2021
"A perfect gift to share with a friend you love."
I have ordered a number of worry dolls from the Lopez Garcia Family and have found that they make the cutest, most individual looking worry dolls I have ever seen. These adorable Love and Hope doll pairs are so sweet. I gave one pair to a dear friend of mine and he loved them, as do I. A nice way to share some love and hope with someone.
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- To give love and hope to someone you care for
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Barbara McLoone
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05/24/2021
"Friends and Family"
I am continuing a family tradition that my grandmother began when Ii was a young girl. I want each family to have a wreath and each of my grandchildren and grandnieces and grandnephews to have a worry doll or a Love and Hope set of Worry Dolls.. I am the oldest daughter in a family of nine children, and was able to spend more time with my grandmother, so I am the person who is most interested in continuing this tradition. Believe me, I need the help of coupons, because this is an expensive obsession!
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- Put under pillow and "Give your worries to God)
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Cathleen
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05/08/2022
"Christmas gift for seven year old granddaughter"
My seven year old granddaughter loves little figures and these delighted her. I gave them to her a few days before Christmas so she could hang them on the tree if she wanted and she yelled Best present ever!
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- This was a gift for: Granddaughter
- Occasion: Christmas
Larry
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05/04/2022
"Love the Worry Doll League."
Love the Worry Doll League. The workmanship is Wonderful., Great price good delivery.
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