Name: One-of-a-kind Maya Angelou Photo Face Doll
Made by and When: Debbie Behan Garrett, 2014 (revised in 2015)
Material: Vinyl with mask face made of T-shirt transfer molded over polymer clay
Marks: (On the head) ©BIG BEAUTIFUL / DOLLS INC. 2000; (on the back) BIG / BEAUTIFUL / DOLLS / INC. / ©2001
Height: 12 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Black rooted hair pulled up in a curly ponytail, printed photo face of Maya Angelou
Clothes: Two-piece blue dress with matching headwrap made by the late doll collector/blogger/doll storyteller Vanessa Morrison, five beaded necklaces of light blue, red, and dark blue; and five silicone bracelets in various shades of blue
Other: Dasia by Big Beautiful Dolls, Inc. was used to create this one-of-a-kind Maya Angelou doll. A photograph of Maya Angelou was printed and transferred onto dark T-shirt transfer paper and ironed onto a white T-shirt. The transfer was attached to a thin polymer clay mold of the original doll’s face. Stud earrings inserted into pre-placed holes in the photo-face-covered face mold and into the doll’s ears hold the removable face in place over the doll’ original face.
The doll holds a mock copy of Maya Angelou’s seventh and final autobiography, Mom & Me & Mom.
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