Two Chinese Wooden Door of Hope Dolls Depicting Buddhist Priest and Young Man

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12" (30 cm.) Each has carved wooden head with defined facial features, painted eyes, nostrils, brows and lips, all muslin body. Condition: generally excellent, some costume fading on young man. Comments: Door of Hope mission dolls, early models circa 1915, including Buddhist Priest with carved scars in scalp, wearing padded blue cotton sateen garments, and Young Man, with Table Boy costume, black painted pate and real queue. Value Points: rare early models with all-muslin bodies, distinctive costumes.