Many thanks to Arquiteta Luísa Pacheco Marques curator of the Fronteira da Paz Museum for the care shown to my sister Yvonne's Minho yarn doll, a parting gift from Alberto Malafaia, Portuguese friend of the Krakowiak family.
Alberto Malafaia (standing above left) , Hala and Ignas Krakowiak, Figueira da Foz, 1940-41.
Tell me honestly, if you can find a bettter example anywhere.
Google images for vintage Minho yarn dolls.