3 Antique African Dolls American Afro-Caribbean Celluloid Bakelite Clothespin
This is a mixed set of three antique Africana dolls. The composition doll in colorful, layered dress is perhaps Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Cuban or early African American. The cloth doll with painted face is early American and her body is made from a clothespin. The African tribal doll with white paint is made of an early plastic Bakelite or celluloid? And has glued on hair that might be from real human hair or animal hair. These dolls came from a great grandmothers estate. Africana, Black History, African Studies, American History, etc.