Name: Island Girl
Made by and When: Unknown, circa 1940s-1950s
Material: Hard plastic
Marks: None
Height: 14 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Black wig styled in bangs and a low curly ponytail in the back held together with black thread; the hair is adorned with a red fabric headband that has two gold-tone hoops attached which serve as earrings; dark brown flirty eyes with thin bristle upper eyelashes; closed mouth with painted-red full lips; a red dot of paint accents the inner corners of the eyes and nostrils. The nose is broad.
Clothes: Dressed in Caribbean Island attire of a red scarf headband and multiple different floral-print cotton fabrics that create the bodice and ruffled skirt of the dress and belt, wears white cotton underwear
Other: Possibly made in the French West Indies during the 1940s-1950s and sold as a Caribbean souvenir doll, this rare ebony-complexioned doll has facial features dedicated to dolls of African descent.
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