Name: Hallelujah Sisters Esta, Vesta, and Rose Made by and When: Wyatt Hicks, 2015 Material: Sculpey, cloth, and wire Height: 6 inches Hair, Eyes, Mouths: Hats cover their hairless heads, and their faces are without features. Clothes: Yellow knit dresses and floppy hats Other: Limited-edition posable praise dancers sold in sets of three, inspired byContinue reading “Hallelujah Sisters Esta, Vesta, and Rose”
Category Archives: modern black dolls
American Girl Gabriela McBride 2017 Doll of the Year
Name: Gabriela McBride Made by and When: Pleasant Company, 2017 Material: Vinyl head, arms, and legs; cloth body Height: 18 inches (and 6-1/2 inches) Hair/Eyes/Mouth: Long, curly brown hair/brown sleep eyes/smiling mouth with two upper teeth Clothes: Gabriela wears a cropped purple sweater with silver dream graphic and soft turquoise tank top; a fitted pairContinue reading “American Girl Gabriela McBride 2017 Doll of the Year”
American Girl Melody Ellison
Name: Melody Ellison Made by and When: American Girl, 2016 Material: Vinyl head, arms, and legs; cloth body Height: 18 inches Hair/Eyes/Mouth: Black shoulder-length wig with bangs and flipped ends/brown sleep eyes/smiling mouth with two upper teeth Clothes: Wears yellow and turquoise houndstooth, sleeveless dress with turquoise collar, turquoise bow underneath the collar and oneContinue reading “American Girl Melody Ellison”
American Girl Cécile Rey
Name: Cécile Rey Made by and When: American Girl, 2011 Material: Vinyl head, arms, and legs; cloth body Height: 18 inches Hair/Eyes/Mouth: Dark brown wig with spiral curls accented with two white ribbons on the sides/ hazel sleep eyes/open mouth with two upper teeth Clothes: Turquoise satin-like dress trimmed in black velvet with white V-shapedContinue reading “American Girl Cécile Rey”
Maya Angelou Barbie
Name: Maya Angelou Barbie Made by and When: Mattel (designed by Carlyle Nuera) ©2020, released in January 2021 Material: Vinyl Marks: ©2020 Mattel (on the head); GXF45/N491 (in gold letters on left buttock); ©2016 MATTEL / 1186 MJ, 1, NL / MADE IN INDONESIA (on right buttock) Height: 11-1/2 inches Hair/Eyes/Mouth: Short rooted curly hairContinue reading “Maya Angelou Barbie”
American Girl Addy 1864
From the original Historical Dolls Collection, introduced in 1993, Addy represents a former enslaved girl who escapes to freedom with her mother in 1864 by traveling on foot and by ship with the help of safe houses and abolitionists from North Carolina to Philadelphia. #addywalker #addy #americangirl #americangirldoll #americanslavery
The Michelle Obama Official White House Portrait Doll
Name: Michelle Obama Official White House Portrait Doll Made by and When: The Franklin Mint, 2010 Material: Vinyl Marks: (Head) TFM / ©2010; (doll’s left side of torso) The / MICHELLE / OBAMA/ DOLL / ©TFM NO. 0264 / 9900 (264 and 9900 are handwritten with a marker). Height: 16 inches Hair/Eyes/Mouth: Black shoulder-length wigContinue reading “The Michelle Obama Official White House Portrait Doll”
Beatrice
Name: Beatrice Made by and When: Judy Kapron, 2019 Material: Gessoed and painted cloth Marks: Jude Kapron/2019 (on back) Height: 19 inches Hair/Eyes/Mouth: Natural-textured wig styled in multiple braids with pink ribbon accents/brown painted eyes/closed mouth with painted pale pink lips Clothes: Sheer white dress with pink ribbon accents on the bodice, a white slip,Continue reading “Beatrice”
Celley or Calley
Name: Celley or Calley (handwritten on the doll’s neck) Made by and When: Barbara J. Larsen (a.k.a. Barbara Larsen), 1992 Material: Painted and gessoed cloth face, sturdily-stuffed brown cloth body, arms, and legs Marks: (Signed by the artist on the neck) Barb Larsen / 1992 / Celley / 11/16/92. [Celley could be Calley; the handwritingContinue reading “Celley or Calley”
Creatable World Doll
Name: Creatable World Deluxe Character Kit #dc-319 Made by and When: Mattel, 2019 (released to market) Material: All vinyl with extra articulation at elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles Marks: ©2018 Mattel (on head); ©2018 MATTEL/1186 MJ. 1. NL/MADE IN CHINA Height: 10 inches Hair/Eyes/Mouth: Black rooted hair/brown painted eyes/closed mouth Clothes: Wears white jersey-knit undershirtContinue reading “Creatable World Doll”
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