China doll dressed in costume consisting of cotton blouse with drawstring neck, frill and red armlets; blue bodice laced at the back; long black skirt with silver band near hem; wool apron, striped horizontally and tied at the waist; rear red cotton apron pinned at the front; white cotton headscarf with lace edge. Single string of red glass beads at the neck.
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