Black Americana, Painted Wood and Cloth Puppet Doll. The head carved with exaggerated features, the hands and feet painted brown black. The neck with white cotton tie, red tie tacked to front, over seersucker shirt and pants. The head carved with stick to hold it by, obscured by long blue linen sleeve. This doll may have been meant to dance. Circa 1880. {Approximate dimensions: 22 1/4" L.} Provenance: By repute, purchased from the Gump's Family doll collection. Condition: The head has nails indicating that it once had hair of some kind, long since lost. Various rough areas, some dings, losses to paint.