2005.93.2

Mulan Doll inside plastic and cardboard box. Mulan is dressed in Chinese style garments: red, cream color and blue. (The skirt and cuffs are painted or printed to resemble brocaded fabric.) The doll has long black hair. There's a decorative tan plastic comb included in the box, with and embossed flower on it painted white. The back urges the child to..."Join Mulan on her action-filled quest to save her father and find true love!" The bottom of the package lists six other "Disney Princesses:" Belle (from "Beauty and the Beast"); Jasmine (from "Aladdin"); Cinderella (from "Cinderella"); Snow White (from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"); Ariel (from "The Little Mermaid"); and Sleeping Beauty (from "Sleeping Beauty").

The character, Mulan, was designed to give girls an action heroine to emulate Disney's feature length animated film "Mulan" came out in 1998..

Used: toy | Childhood | Child ~ female | Popular culture