In the 1920s Pupa was made to resemble its female Italian owner. It was often dressed to look like her. Its hair was crafted from locks of its owner's real hair. Pupa's owner often claimed that the doll would speak to her. She insisted until the day she died that pupa was a living entity. Her family often noted that Pupa looked alive in the pictures they took of her. Sometimes it was even hard to distinguish Pupa from her owner in the pictures. When the owner died in early 2005, the family put Pupa in a glass case. However, Pupa doesn't always like being locked in the case. She periodically changes positions. There has been a few times where she has managed to get out. She moves items around in her display case when she feels restless. Pupa's facial expression often changes when observed for a period of time. One time Pupa knocks or bangs on the glass case she is in because she is lonely.
