Not sure if this is very politically correct and not sure what it is. Is it a Ubangi doll? My partner won this at a school carnival when he was a little kid back in the 1950’s (can you imagine?). The doll stands approx. four inches high and is made of a soft plastic with jointed limbs that can be moved up and down, and is wearing a grass skirt, beads around the neck and gold hoop earrings. It has squiggle eyes. On the top of the head, there is a swirl of hair that reminds me of a Cupie doll. Anyone know what this is?
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Allee Willis
Not especially politically correct these days but nowhere near as bad as these things can get. This is a golliwog. Most of this type of black figurines were made in England in the 50’s and were made of celluloid, the soft plastic you describe. This was a very popular image back then.