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Description
22" (56 cm). Hand-modeled paper mache
shoulderhead of young child with black
complexion, black sculpted fleecy hair, brown
glass inset eyes in upper glancing
expression, black tinted brows and
eyeshadow, closed mouth with downcast lips,
modeled tears below each eye, black cloth
softly-stuffed baby body, black composition
lower arms and legs, antique costume.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks: L.M.
(incised on back shoulderplate) Peggy 1908
(hand-lettered label on torso). Comments:
attributed to Leo Moss, the legendary doll
maker of Macon, Georgia; the itinerant day
laborer is said to have created one-of-a-kind
dolls from end-of-day wallpaper scraps and
other "found" objects; the artist was featured in
an exhibit at the Macon Historical Society.
Value Points: very rare doll with distinctively
hand-modeled mournful features, uniquely
modeled tears.