Anaya

Name: Anaya

Made by and When: Kaye Wiggs, 2021

Material: Resin

Marks: (Incised on the head) C Kaye Wiggs ©2020; (handwritten inside the head) Anaya / painted by / Charlene Smith / 2021

Height/Size: 17 inches, Mini Super Dollfie (MSD) Ball Jointed Doll

Body: MeiMei

Edition Number: 20

Complexion: Tan

Face Up Artist: Charlene Smith

Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Removable brown wig styled in two side pigtails with bangs, removable skull cap, and removable brown eyes with applied upper and lower eyelashes, an open mouth with resin teeth

Clothes:  Anaya wears a light-green sundress and pantalettes by Trish Breisch made from heirloom fabrics and laces and handwork on the bodice with white socks and green T-strap shoes with a cutout design.

Other: After registration to buy 1 of 20 full-set, tan Anaya MSD BJDs by Kaye Wiggs was offered in March 2021 exclusively to Dolls magazine readers, Anaya was featured on the cover of the April 2021 issue. The 20 winners were randomly drawn. To document a Kaye Wigg’s MSD BJD, one of the 20 winners shared photos and details about her Anaya with the Virtual Black Doll Museum for this installation.

Gallery (Photos and description courtesy of Cassandra/csdollbliss.)

Gallery 1: The Doll’s magazine registration announcement, Anaya’s magazine cover image, a close-up and full-length image of Anaya dressed originally with the original wig are in this gallery.

Gallery 2: The unclothed doll’s details are captured in this gallery.

Gallery 3: Tan Anaya is compared with coffee tan Anaya.

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