DeeBeeGee's Virtual Black Doll Museum™
Curation of antique, vintage, modern, and one-of-a-kind (OOAK) Black dolls
This installation was inadvertently deleted at some point. It was originally installed on January 17, 2025 and re-installed on April 25, 2026.
16-inch felt doll with companions was made for the WLBDA Facebook group as their 2020 club doll by Karen Oyekanmi. #clubdoll #limitededitiondoll #limitededitiondoll #feltdoll #feltdoll #dollwithdolls #KarenOyekanmi #
R. John Wright’s Hottentot Kewpie, made of felt in 2001, is from a limited edition of 500. #RJohnWrightdoll #Kewpie #RoseOneill #feltdoll
Toddler Baby is a one-of-a-kind felt doll with a mini doll. The larger doll’s dress was fashioned after a dress worn by the curator’s then-4-year-old daughter. #ooakblackdoll #ooakdoll #oneofakinddoll #feltdoll #clothdoll
Makeba is a one-of-a-kind 17-inch press-felt doll by Starkey’s Daughter Cloth Dolls. #feltdoll #blackfeltdoll #OOAKdoll #artistdoll
Tina is a felt artist doll by Debbie Richmond for MasterPiece Galleries from the year 2000. #blackfeltdoll #artistdoll #blackdoll #doll #collectibledoll
Floria is a felt doll by Anili of Italy. #blackdoll #feltdoll #Anilidoll #AniliScavinidoll #artistdoll
A tribute doll to Claudette Colvin who at age 15 was arrested for not giving her bus seat to a white woman in Birmingham, AL. #Jimcrowera, #segregatedsouth #civilrights #blackhistory
Name: Emmet Made by and When: Starkey’s Daughter Cloth Dolls, 2018 Material: Wool-blend (face, arms, and legs); cotton-blend (head and torso); all stuffed with polyfil Marks: Signed and dated by the artist Height: 20 inches (without the hat) 22 inches (with the hat) Hair/Eyes/Mouth: Dark brown fleece hair/painted facial features with light brown eyes, smilingContinue reading “Emmet”
DeeBeeGee's Virtual Black Doll Museum™