Name: Unknown
Made by and When: Unknown, early 1900s
Material: Composition head, arms, and legs; white cloth body, tin eyes, voice box
Marks: Unmarked
Height: 25-1/2 inches
Hair/Eyes/Mouth: Painted black hair with sculpted widow’s peak/brown tin sleep eyes with brown eyelashes (eyelashes are missing from one eye)/open, smiling mouth with two upper and two lower teeth, and a molded tongue
Clothes: Redressed in an infant’s knit romper
Other: This doll is an example of an early 1900s composition black doll. Tin was used for earlier dolls’ eyes.
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