$700
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Description
11" (28 cm.) Each has carved wooden head,firmly-stuffed
muslin body,wooden lower arms and legs. Included is aged
man with incised wrinkles narrow eyes with well-defined
eye sockets,hollows below the eyes,bald pate with
slightly-painted hair with real hair queue; woman with
side-parted hair; Amah with black painted hair in unusual
geometric cut at sides of head and with chignon at the
back,and young man with side-parted hair. Condition:
generally excellent,costume of woman is frail. Comments:
Chinese Door of Hope Mission,circa 1930s. Value Points:
each doll is wearing its original traditional
costume,handsewn at the Mission,in authentic detail,of
fine silks and cottons.