"Mammy" cloth doll with a red and floral dress and a matching floral kerchief

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

A female cloth doll with a red and floral dress and a matching floral kerchief in the form of a stereotypical "Mammy" character. The doll has a soft, black cloth head and body with rounded cloth hands and feet. The head and torso of the doll are made with smooth woven fabric, the arms are made from a rib-knit fabric, and the legs are made from plain knit with seams across the top of the feet. The eyes are constructed from small, flat, round mother-of-pearl shell buttons. The button representing the proper left eye is chipped. The nostrils and mouth are embroidered in red thread. The doll has pigtails on either side of her face that have been secured with gold, green, and red yarn.

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