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Product name Clown Dolls
Description The clown dolls were usually marketed as the “Dress Me Clown”. Clothed primarily in red, blue and yellow, this doll has yellow string hair, a clown’s cap and is about 13 inches long. It also has a snap, a button, a zipper, a buckle and shoe laces intended to introduce young children to various dressing functions. It may be identified by a cloth tag sewn onto the doll’s cap that says: ?ITEM #6159". 
Problem Zipper clasps, buttons and buckles came off he dolls. These small parts make the dolls banned hazardous substances because they present a choking, ingestion and aspiration hazard to children. 
Distribution Sold nationwide by mail order retailers. 
Company Etna Worldwide Corporation, New York, New York 
Dates sold Banned July 7, 1989. 
Date posted 01/04/2002 
 

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