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Nepalese Dolls

Nepalese dolls are some other souvenir items that accurately reflect Nepalese culture and Nepalese lifestyles. Beautifully colored and available in many different sizes, Nepalese dolls show traditional costumes of different ethnic groups, often carrying, in miniature, the tools of their trade, for example, a plough or sickle. These Nepalese dolls are beautifully colored and available in many different shapes and sizes. Nepalese dolls show traditional costumes of different ethnic groups, often carrying, in miniature, the tools of their trade like; a plough or sickle or madal. These Nepalese dolls actually represent the costumes, lifestyles and religion of Himalayan people. These Nepalese dolls actually represent the costumes, lifestyles and religion of Himalayan people. In our collection of Nepalese dolls we always look for the high quality and those that have traditional cultural value. Nepalese dolls makers try to show the living and the other parts of society while making these dolls they also serve a very important function in the community. Nepalese dolls are made of cotton, clay, and wood and decorated with metal for jewelry.

DOLLS IN OUR COLLECTION

We have got a huge collection of dolls found in Nepal. These Nepalese dolls are of high quality they reflect the culture, tradition and costumes of Nepali and life styles of High Himalayan land of Nepal. Nepalese dolls are in different costumes, color and in different size. These Nepalese dolls can be found in between the size of 4” to 12”. These Nepalese dolls are very beautiful piece of decoration. Most of our customers order these dolls for decoration material. Nepalese dolls are hanged on the wall; door and ceiling of your house and believe it or not these Nepalese dolls can add more beauty to your house than ever. Nepalese dolls are made of cotton, clay, and wood and decorated with metal for jewelry. We have got all the variety of dolls found in Nepal but if you have any special design or size that you are looking for then it can be ordered through our web site http://www.himalayanmart.com we gratefully take such orders and will be delivered within the possible time. Some of the Nepalese dolls in our collection are described below

 

Jyapu Doll, Jyapu Couple Doll, Mother Doll, Sherpa Doll, Dual Kumari Doll, Gurung People Doll, Gurung Couple Dolls, Lama and Jyapu Dolls, Mother Baby Dolls, Nepali Couple Dolls, Sherpa Brother Dolls.

 

These are our collections. These Nepalese dolls are made by the hands of experienced artist who have been in this business for generations. Nepalese dolls artists try to show the living and the other parts of society while making therefore these dolls they also serve a very important function in the community. These Nepalese dolls are beautifully colored and available in many different shapes and sizes. In our collection of Nepalese dolls we always look for the high quality and those that have traditional cultural value. These Nepalese dolls speak a lot more about Nepalese culture, religion and festival of Nepali community. These high qualities Nepalese dolls are demanded by the different parts of the world.

 

We also have Whole sale option if you want this Nepalese dolls in bulk. Please refer our "Whole Saler Buyere" section for details or mail us at info@himalayanmart.com.

 
Jyapu Doll
This Nepalese doll represents Jyapu, a caste in Nepal which is nested in Bhaktapur, Lalitpur and Kathmandu. Dolls are made of cotton, clay, and wood and decorated with metal for jewelry. Their main profession is farming. In this doll of Jaypu is having a Tambakhu (tobacco) sitting on a small mattress. This beautifully colored piece is perfect for decoration.
 
Jyapu Couple Doll
This Nepalese doll symbolizes a Jyapu, a caste of Nepal. They live in Kathmandu valley. These dolls of Jaypu couple represent their cultural and ancient way of their society. In their community, husband does the outside work and wife take cares of her house and family. Male Jyapu specially ploughs the fields and sells the fruits and crops in the market. Here the woman jyapu is carrying water for cooking and the male Jyapu is going to the market to sell his fruits and vegetables in the market carrying in Kharpan (Balance like pot used to carry goods in villages of Nepal).
 
Mother Doll
This Nepalese doll symbolizes Nepalese woman as a mother who works in fields as well as looks after her children and house. This doll shows a mother carrying her one children on her back and another with her and she is going to work in the market.
 
Sherpa Doll
 
Dual Kumari Dolls
These Nepalese dolls symbolize goddess Kumari of Nepal. Kumari is the living goddess of Nepal and celebrated by most of the people in Nepal. In Nepal Kumari have its own importance. It is widely celebrated by Nepalese in Kathmandu.
 
Gurung People Dolls
These Nepalese dolls symbolize Gurung cast of Nepal. Gurung live specially in the high Himalayan part of Nepal. They are very devoted to their work. The male Gurung are popular in the field of army throughout the world, while female Gurung take cares of her children, cattle, does the house work and also works in the field. These dolls show male Gurung is standing in his costume with a “Dhaka Topi” (cap) and carrying a “Madal” a popular musical instrument of Nepal which is used in most of the occasions or celebration in Nepal, while the female Gurung is standing in her costume and jewelries. Gurung are rich in their culture and fond of singing and dancing.
 
Gurung Couple Dolls
These Nepalese dolls symbolize Gurung cast of Nepal. Gurung is one of the popular castes of Nepal. Gurung live specially in the high Himalayan part of Nepal. They are very devoted to their work. The male Gurung are popular in the field of army throughout the world, while female Gurung take cares of her children, cattle, does the house work and also works in the field. These dolls show male Gurung is standing in his costume with a “Dhaka Topi” (cap) and carrying a “Doko” a basket like object which is used to carry goods in most of the villages in Nepal, on his back, while the female Gurung is standing in her costume and jewelries and she too is carrying “Doko” on her back. Gurung are rich in their culture and fond of singing and dancing. This beautifully dressed piece of art is perfect for decoration.
 
Lama and Jyapu Dolls
These Nepalese dolls symbolize the two different castes of Nepal, Lama and Jyapu. Lamas are Buddhist monks who plays vital role in Buddhist community. They are important for different ceremony or rituals. They are peace lovers and reside in the high Himalayan part of Nepal. They wear a special kind of dress yellow silk full shirts and dark red cloth which they wrap below the waist. Here you can see that this lama is wearing a woolen cap and carrying spiritual wheel or “Mala” which they use most of the time praying for peace and for the sake of good health of the people. The other one is Jyapu. Jyapu is another cast of Nepal. They live in Kathmandu valley. Their main profession is farming. Jyapu are rich in their culture. They love to dance and sing in their different kind of celebrations. Here you can see that the male Jyapu is wearing a “Dhaka Topi” (Nepali Cap) with his costume and carrying a “Dholak”, popular musical instrument of Nepal which is used in most of the occasions or celebrations in Nepal.
 
Mother Baby Doll
These Nepalese dolls symbolize the two mothers of Nepal. Here you can see two different mothers. One (the left one) is simply carrying her baby and the other one (the right one) is feeding her baby. Both the mothers are in Nepali costume. These Nepalese dolls reflect the mothers’ love to their children.
 
Nepali Couple Doll
These Nepalese dolls symbolize the Nepali couple. Here you can see that the male is wearing a “Dhaka Topi” (Nepali Cap) with his Nepali costume and the female is standing by his side in her costume and jewelries carrying her things wrapped in a cloth.
 
Sherpa Brother Dolls
These Nepalese dolls symbolize Sherpa a caste of Nepal. They live in the high in Khumbu district in Himalayan land of Nepal near Mount Everest. The Sherpas are very well known for climbing mountains all over the world. Since they live in the Himalayan land they wear warm woolen clothes and thick shoes. These dolls show the costume of Sherpa community.
 
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