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A hand-stitched cloth figure with a painted composition face, dressed in a red wool coat and striped cotton trousers with a matching headwrap. The doll’s vermilion, ivory, and forest-green palette reflects the folk aesthetic typical of mid-century handmade and small-batch souvenir dolls.
An artifact of early 20th-century domestic craft and racialized representation, preserved here as material evidence of its time.
Provenance: acquired through private collection, U.S. origin.
Materials: felted wool, cotton, painted composition, thread.
Condition: wear consistent with age; light fabric fading and surface dust to clothing; structure intact. Loose button at front; small tear to rear of jacket.