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• 'Legionnaire Marquita' is a printed sheet of paper ("glue to a piece of cardboard"), with a paper doll, created and sold by the publishing company Hernando Editorial in Madrid in their establishment on Arenal Street, in 1922.

• The drawings depict a cut-out model of a little girl dressed in the uniform of the Spanish Foreign Legion, holding the bleeding head of a decapitated black child. Additionally, there are a matching military uniform and headdresses, a military banner ("roll it up on a toothpick"), and two captive black children tied up in ropes as the girl's "accessories".

• "Ask for the Liliput Tales. 5 Cents" (Pida los cuentos Liliput, 5 cts.); "The Liliput stories are illustrated by the best comic artists" (Los cuentos de Liliput están ilustrados por los mejores dibujantes humoristas); "40 Liliput stories in an elegant box for 2,50 Pesetas" (40 cuentos Liliput en elegante estuche por 2'50 Ptas.)

• The artist or illustrator is uncredited (unlisted, anonymous or unknown) and there are no known copyright restrictions.

• Racism in Spain; Spanish nationalist propaganda aimed at children; Rif War; Spanish Foreign Legion

Paper dolls are cut-out figures made of paper that can be dressed up in different outfits and accessories, and are toys that promotes creativity and imagination.

The "Legionary Doll" was part of a tradition of paper dolls popular among Spanish girls from the early 20th century to the 1970s.

The paper doll is an example of Spanish nationalist propaganda aimed at children during the Rif War, a conflict fought from 1921 to 1926 between the occyping colonial forces of Spain (and later France) and Berber tribes in northern Morocco. The doll reflects the racism and violence of the time, and stands in stark contrast to modern values of inclusion and respect.

In a 2020 interview, Spanish toy collector Ignacio Martínez commented on the historical significance of this paper doll, pointing out how the doll illustrates how Spanish society has evolved since the 1920s, and how such depictions would be unthinkable today: