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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;judy, post: 454826, member: 965&quot;]IMHO, not to represent a Golliwogg.</p><p><br /></p><p>Close up the features seem to have been painted, rather than stitched (embroidered).</p><p><br /></p><p>Corn husk dolls were popular a few years back.....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]157195[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never known dolls to be stuffed with it, but I suppose it is possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>The color of Journey&#039;s makes me think of sawdust......crudely shaved.</p><p><br /></p><p>The curled metal joints could indicate a manufactured doll, as does the stitching down the front of the legs, but a close up might prove differently.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m wondering if it&#039;s from Haiti. She&#039;s hairless possibly because she had a scarf wrapped around her head. Her &quot;dress&quot; is unlike what a black american mother/father would make for their child. Most black home made dolls were made with love and sense of pride. I don&#039;t see that with this doll.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that&#039;s just my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a black rag doll which I still can&#039;t be sure is antique or just vintage.</p><p><br /></p><p>She (my doll) is not made by the best doll artist, but made with pride with the skills they had. (again my own humble opinion)</p><p><br /></p><p>Off to an estate sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Joy.....???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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