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14" (36 cm.) - 17". Each of black cotton sateen or stockinette with stitch-jointed body and wearing original Mammy-style costume, constructed with unique techniques, one with embroidered facial details including large eyes with tiny red bead centers; another with yarn hair and painted facial features, having original paper label "From Dixie Land ïMammy Lou' Pat. & Trade-mark Pending"; and the third with wiry human hair, painted eye whites with black bead centers, and embroidered mouth with white bead teeth. Generally excellent. American, circa 1936, following her roles in "The Littlest Rebel" and "The Little Colonel" Shirley Temple had a particular fondness for the unique dolls of the American south.