Jossie

Name: Jossie

Made by and When: Berdine Creedy Originals, 2005

Material: Vinyl, mohair, glass eyes

Marks: The artist’s signature is incised in the head; 42/100 is written on the back of the neck.

Height: 13 inches

Hair, Eyes, Mouth: The brown mohair wig has loose curls and tiny braids adorned with tiny white ribbons. The brown inset eyes have applied upper eyelashes and painted lower eyelashes. The mouth is closed with pale rose lip color and an outlined upper lip.

Clothes: Wears a striped tan top; tan pants with a brown suede bow at the waist, two rows of ruffles at each hem, and a brown suede bow on the side of each pantleg; an off-white jacket with a tan silk lining, white socks, brown faux suede boots with white faux fur cuffs, and a brown suede travel bag has the initials “BC” on the front.

Other: Number 42 in an edition of 100 dolls, Jossie is Berdine Creedy’s first brown-complexioned doll and is part of a four-doll travel doll collection.

Gallery

_________

Your comments are valued. Donations support the initiative to preserve black-doll history. 

If you subscribe to DeeBeeGee’s Virtual Black Doll Museum™ by email, click the post title of the email, which links to the website to view all text and associated media. Please “like” and share this installation with your social media contacts. If you’d like to subscribe, add your email address to the subscribe or sign-up field in the footer or right sidebar. Add your email address to the subscribe or sign-up field in the footer or right sidebar.