American Black Stockinette Folk Doll with Antique Costume

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20" (51 cm.) Black stockinette head with face stretched over mask form,black shoe button eyes over cardboard eye whites,stitch-shaped nose,embroidered black and white brows to achieve "grey" hair,embroidered lips,black wool yarn hair,rag-stuffed cotton sateen body with stitch jointing at shoulders and hips,antique costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: American,circa 1890. Value Points: creative construction of face,especially of face form and eyes,on the appealing black folk doll.