Two American Carved Wooden Folk Dolls

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12" (30 cm.) and 9". Each is made of hand-carved wood with distinctive facial features,the brown-complexioned woman being highly characterized having small painted brown eyes,high cheek bones,broad nose,full lips and prominent ears,and the ebony-complexioned boy with unique bead and pearl-button eyes,and carved open mouth with three carved teeth. She has a one-piece wooden head,body and legs,with cloth upper arms and wooden lower arms,and is wearing her faded print cotton dress,apron and bandana; and he has one piece wooden head and torso,with wooden limbs jointed at the shoulders,hips and knees,and is wearing his original cotton plaid shirt and pants. Condition: generally excellent,left foot front broken on boy,three fingers chipped on woman. Comments: American,folk art,mid-19th century. Value Points: superb detail of portraiture on the woman with artistic detail of carving,original costumes and fine original painting on both.