Name: Black Woman Doll by Shari Lutz
Made by and When: Shari Lutz (of Lancaster, PA), ca. 1990s
Material: Painted polymer clay face, hands, and feet; stuffed cloth body, arms, and legs
Marks: The artist’s signature is on the outside of the lower right leg of the pantalettes (see the Gallery photo).
Height: 21 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Very soft brown wig of mohair with auburn highlights, brown painted eyes, closed mouth with rose lip color
Clothes: Brown hand-sewn striped cotton blouse with tiny black beads as buttons, a full-length skirt made of the same fabric, a black string necktie, tea-stained cotton pantalettes, bare feet
Other: A charming, handmade, one-of-a-kind polymer clay doll by Pennsylvania folk artist Shari Lutz of Lancaster, PA, is finely made and painted in the artist’s best folk art style, designed to represent a 19th-century Black woman. Lutz is also known for making cloth doll patterns and reproduction dolls in the Izannah Walker style.
Gallery
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