Native American Doll by Mary Frances Woods, With Carved Wooden Totem Pole, Ex-Shirley Temple Collection

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10" (25 cm.) The pair includes doll with face of hand-sculpted crepe paper over plaster lending a realistic aged texture, oil-painted features, bead eyes, black mohair wig, cylinder-shaped armature body with wooden feet, wrapped flannel blanket costume, by Mary Frances Woods of Oregon, circa 1920; with carved and painted wooden Kachina doll with vibrant carving and colors, and pen-inscribed on the underside, "To Shirley love from Dorothy Wills, Victoria B.C." Ex-Shirley Temple collection, the pair were presented in the Love, Shirley Temple collection, along with certificate of authenticity.