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- $1,200 / $1,500
Description
15" (38 cm.) Each is ebony black complexion shoulderhead of wax-over-paper mache, black glass inset eyes, tinted brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth, black muslin twill body, black wax-over-paper mache lower limbs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Germany, circa 1880. Value Points: remarkably fine state of originality, beautiful complexion, one is wearing original black silk dress with gold buttons and unusual woven cap with heavily draped black silk mantilla, and he is wearing original Senegalese costume in rich fabrics.