Handmade "Mammy" doll

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A canvas doll in the form of a stereotypical "Mammy" character owned by a white child. This hand-sewn doll is constructed of a stuffed, rough cotton canvas material in dark brown. She wears a bright shawl above her oat-colored three-quarter sleeve shirt and long plaid skirt and a plaid headscarf. Her facial features are hand-painted large dark eyes, a wide nose and smile. She still has one bronze-colored hoop earring attached to her proper left ear. Her ankles are taped and she is depicted as having black (canvas painted) shoes.

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