Colorful, frilly dress common native outfit in Brazil

"Lembrança do Rio" is Portuguese for "Memory of the River."

My mother wasn't fond of my doll collecting, but in the 1980s a friend of hers brought her a small souvenir doll from when he visited Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  The doll is what is known as a dress-me doll.  Mom's little 6-inch-tall doll would probably be considered stereotypical and politically incorrect today, but she is still very pretty and colorful.

All that is on her feet is a pair of burgundy straps, while the soles are glued to a wooden stand.  She wears lacy underpants and there is a stiff net slip under her skirt.  The main problem is her arms, which are attached to her shoulders by a rubber band running through the top of her torso.  The arms come loose very easily.  There are no markings on what I can see of her body.

 

Instead of pantaloons like most souvenir dolls,
she wears lacy underpants.

The tag on the bottom of the stand simply says, "No 8."
I don't know if that is the model number of the doll or the price in cruzados.

Her clothes are glued onto her rather than sewn.