#118

Very Rare and Early Italian African Dancer,Series 112,by Lenci
Live Auction

$2,500
sold
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Description
16" (41 cm.) All firmly-pressed black wool felt with swivel head,applied felt eye whites and lips,tinted nostrils,black shoe- button eye pupils,black wiry frizzed hair,very plump torso,jointing at shoulders and hips,short plump legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Lenci,the doll was shown in the first Lenci advertisement of 1920,and is one of the rare earliest models. Value Points: wonderfully-preserved,with original reed skirt that is interwoven with felt ribbons,wooden necklace with three carved wooden animals,carved animal earrings.