This is a very unique handmade black Americana doll that\'s been in our family for several decades. The head is made of wood and the face was hand painted on. As you can see part of the white of her left eye has worn off over the years. There is little pieces of cotton coming out of her head scarf on each side of her head by her ears. As you can see in one of the pictures a thick wire was drilled thru the wood and that attaches to her upper torso. Her arms are a very thick wire as well but I can only tell this by feel as it is covered with the red and white checked fabric of her dress and then it appears they have been wrapped over with brown paper to continue with the dark skin tone. There are no legs or lower body. The doll measures 6 3/4\" long from the top of her head dress to the base of her skirt. This is a very unique piece. We believe my mother inherited this along with other pieces from her spinster aunt who travelled a great deal across the United states and acquired many unique items. Please make further inquires if you have them and I will try to answer if I can. Thank you for your interest.

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