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Doll depicting a highly caricatured version of a person with dark skin. Body made from a stuffed knitted stocking dyed black. Hair made of loops of wool yarn pulled through a burlap ground to hold it in place. White button eyes, gathered nose, stitched mouth. Glass bead earrings. Wearing cotton and lace pantaloons, cotton diaper, glazed chintz dress with glass buttons on back. Red leather shoes.
dolls
cotton (textile)
lace (needlework)
leather
stuffing (upholstering technique)
wool (textile)
Doll
Cotton
Lace
Leather
Wool
Stuffed
Doll
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
20 x 12.25 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.802
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