Valerie

Name: Valerie

Made by and When: Dolls by Pauline (Pauline Bjonness-Jacobsen), 1993

Material: Vinyl, cloth body

Marks: (Head) ©PBJ

Height: 13 inches

Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Dark brown rooted tight coils that form an Afro accented by two pink ribbons on each side, brown stationary eyes with applied upper eyelashes, closed mouth

Clothes: Off-white floral-print dress, white half-slip, white pantalettes, white socks, and white shoes that replace the original faux pink leather flats.

Other: Prior to her demise, Pauline Bjonness-Jacobsen left behind an impressive selection of brown-skinned dolls with ethnically correct facial features. Many of these dolls also had natural textured (coily) hair.

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