$500
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Description
15"(38 cm.) and 17". Each is wax head with sculpted and painted facial features,and armature
wrapped bodies,the larger with black mohair wig,brown side-glancing eyes and wearing
elaborate crepe paper Japanese traditional costume,and the smaller with uniquely-painted hair
having a skull cap with circlet spit curls at each side of thread,in dancing pose with exotic
Turkish style costume. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: circa 1920,the dolls were
made exclusively for The Art Shop of the Ambassador Hotel,home of the 1920s "in-
crowd"Coconut Grove night club. Value Points: beautifully-modeled exotic dolls,the actresses
and roles that they portray remain a mystery.