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Description
12" (30 cm.) Carved wooden head with very high forehead,painted small black pate at top back
of head with cascading queue,carved age wrinkles,heavy eye lids,painted eyes and lips,all muslin
body. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Door of Hope mission doll,circa 1915,depicting
an "Old Gentleman" of high social rank wearing original plum silk and pale blue hand-stitched
costume. Value Points: rare model with compelling expression,superb detail of hand-sewing of
original costume.