Colored Mammy doll

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Title

Colored Mammy doll

Subject

ca 1840 Doll

Description

This doll is 18 1/2" tall overall and has a black guttapercha head, black kid hands, white cotton body and legs, and wears a white turban and green and white cotton print dress. It was owned by the Misses Elizabeth and Clementine Dixon, daughters of Senator James Dixon.

Creator

Miss Elizabeth Dixon Welling

Rights

CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Date Added
February 17, 2020
Collection
PUBLIC MUSEUM COLLECTION
Item Type
Object
Citation
Miss Elizabeth Dixon Welling, “Colored Mammy doll,” e A r c h i V e s , accessed April 27, 2024, https://citizenarchivist.omeka.net/items/show/626.