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Pair Afro-American Rag Dolls
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Popular Collectibles:
Dolls and Figures:
Pre 1900 item# 853251
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AVERY ART & ANTIQUES
707-876-3392
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Dolls are rarely my thing, I find them usually creepy or sentimental. But these two are alive with spirit and deep feeling. Antique African-American items are scare enough, but how often do you see them in this state of preservation?
The female doll – I almost want to give them both names, but will leave that to the collector who wins them – is dressed in the bandanna-and-pinafore style house servants in an affluent Southern household: lace trimming, petticoat, beribboned slippers and pant ...click for details
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