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Description
18" (46 cm.) Hand-pressed paper mache shoulder head,rich black complexion,sculpted black
hair in very tight curls,sculpted angled black brows,inset brown glass eyes with black
eyeliner,broad rounded nose,closed mouth with very full downcast lips,brown muslin torso and
upper legs,composition lower limbs,wearing white cotton dress,undergarments. Condition:
generally excellent. Marks: Rube (hand lettered on torso). Comments: attributed to Leo
Moss,circa 1920,the itinerant black carpenter of Georgia is believed to have created a small
number of one-of-a-kind dolls depicting children of his small town world using found materials.
Value Points: rare size of doll from this folk artist,depicting an older child of then those found
with tears,and having very fine hand-sculpted details.