Vintage Doll Handmade Folk Art Bark Cloth Haiti Ribbon Skirt Dress Long Hair

Description

Vintage Handmade Folk Art Doll from Haiti, Haitian. Body is made of stuffed hand stitched Bark Cloth. The tiered blouse and skirt are machine stitched and decorated with red, ivory, yellow and blue bric a brac. Doll is wearing a multi-strand beaded necklace made of orange, green, red, black and white seed beads. Eyes and mouth are stitched on in colored thread. A black nylon tassel stitched to the head creates a look of long braids in a pony tail tied high on the back of the head. Black Americana style. Condition: Doll is dusty. Fabric colors are a bit faded. There is some light brown staining on the bottom of the skirt in the back. Please see photos. Dimensions: Body is 6.5” T x 2” Diameter.