#216

Pair Composition "Little Betty" Dolls as Rumbero and Rumbera
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$450
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9" (23 cm.) Each is all composition with brown complexion, socket head, brown side-glancing painted eyes, tiny closed mouth, black mohair wig, jointing at shoulders and hips. They are wearing matching Cuban dancing costumes with lavishly ruffled skirt and shirt, red silk sash, she with red bandanna and red side-snap shoes, and he with black side-snap shoes. Near mint condition. Madame Alexander, 1938, the very rare dolls were marketed as Rumbera and Rumbero from the Little Betty series, and each has original gold octagon tag.