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16" (41 cm.) Brown felt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features in highly characterized style, elongated throat, brown side-glancing eyes, white eyedots, dot brows, pronounced lips of closed mouth with accented lower lip, stitched-on black wiry hair, long slender torso and limbs, jointing at shoulders and hips, separately-stitched big toe. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Lenci, early 1920s. Value Points: very rare model with wonderful painting of features, well-constructed and unique slender-limbed body with pronounced stomach, wearing superbly-preserved original costume comprising reed skirt decorated with colorful felt ribbons, wooden colorfully-painted jewelry in the shape of animals and snakes including necklace, earrings, and bangle ankle bracelet.