Name: Juliana
Made by and When: Dolls by Pauline (Pauline Bjonness-Jacobsen), c. early 1990s
Material: Vinyl head, neck with sculpted suprasternal notch area, arms, and legs below the thighs; brown cloth body to the upper thighs
Marks: (Head) ©PAULINE; (dress tag) A / Pauline Bjonness-Jacobsen / Design; (on the front of the body tag) Dolls by Pauline®; (on the back of the body tag) Limited Edition / 227/1500.
Height: 19 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Tightly coiled Afro with three sections pulled up into pigtails accented with ribbons that match the dress fabric, brown stationary eyes with applied upper eyelashes, closed mouth with dark and light coral-painted lips
Clothes: Red, green, yellow, floral-print dress with a large, lace-trimmed peasant collar; white half-slip, white pantalettes, white socks, and red faux leather shoes
Other: The late Pauline Bjonness-Jacobsen included several brown-skinned, ethnically correct dolls in her line of high-end dolls for children and adults. Juliana has a signed Pauline’s Limited Edition Dolls certificate of authenticity which is numbered #227/1500.
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