Name: OOAK Bitty Billy Magnifique
Made by and When: Restyled by the VBDM curator, 2008
Material: Vinyl, synthetic wig, stringing for the joints, leather
Marks: (Head) Bitty Bethany / ©2003 / Kish & Company; (on both upper-inner arms and thighs) ©2003 / Kish & Co.
Height: 11 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Dark brown Afro wig, brown-painted eyes, closed mouth, cleft chin
Clothes: Redressed in a Ken fashion and separately sold blue sneakers, has a handmade leather slingshot
Other: “Bitty Billy Magnifique” was restyled by the Virtual Black Doll Museum’s curator using a Bitty Belle Magnifique doll by Helen Kish. The doll’s original spiral-curled wig was “picked out” with a plastic bristle brush to form an Afro. “Billy” serves as a companion for Bitty Belle Magnifique, as illustrated in the last gallery photo.
Gallery
Formerly a girl, “Bitty Billy Magnifique,” a one-of-a-kind doll, is a restyled/reimagined Bitty Belle Magnifique (the doll illustrated in the final gallery image with “Billy”).
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