FOLK ART doll from Mexico Vintage DOLL #21
#21 SENORA 24 1/2" x 6 1/2 " Teal Eyes, Hand Sewn Eyelashes, Feet and Legs
Nicely Sewn, Solid Constructed Doll, Delightful Face, Hand Made Original
Designed Doll from Yelapa, Mexico
Handmade one of a kind doll
This is one of dolls that were each individually hand made years ago by Senora Diaz, a Mexican woman who lived in the remote village of Chacala .Using her daughters' outgrown clothing, she carefully sewed and decorated her dolls with jewelry and hair ornaments. Her grandson carried each group of dolls by donkey across the mountains to sell them to our collector,who lived in Mexico.
Also available to list soon -The Senora
doll also had her Senor, and a matched pair would make a perfect wedding gift or
special present for any child.
Size: 25" x 6" , Teal Eyes, Hand Sewn Eyelashes, Feet and Legs Nicely Sewn, Solid Constructed Doll, Delightful Face, Hand Made Original Designed Doll
She has personality and character! Wonderfully dressed in handmade clothes.
The body is cotton stuffed, jointed great expressive face, cotton with embroidered features.
Because each doll was the unique creation of Senora Diaz, no
doll is exactly alike. However,
each doll is made from a similar pattern and each doll is intrically embroidered
with the same large, animated blue eyes.
In order to collect the dolls, years ago I had to await the arrival of Miguel, the
dollmaker's nephew who arrives at my home near Puerto Villarta with the dolls
strapped on the back of his burro.
He made a five hour journey across the mountains from Chacala, a
village with no electricity or roads.
The income from the dolls gave Senora Diaz money for corn and beans to
feed her family, and for the materials for more dolls.
Embroidered features and is stuffed with clothes and fiber in a lovely folk art style.
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