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Child Porcelain Jointed Doll Series IV. Box 4

4½” high 3” wide

1920

Multinational

Porcelain, Cloth, and mixed medium

This doll is an original doll that follows a combination of the pickainny and the mammy stereotype of African-Americans and peoples from the African Diaspora in the 1920’s and would be found in markets where curios, dolls, and figurines were sold. This doll has dark skin, red lips, and bulging eyes.

Keywords

Collectibles, Africa, African-American, Culture, Race, History

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