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a huge tear rolling down her cheek, brought a blue
ribbon for Myla, awarded for "best in the baby doll
category" with fourth place honors for the entire show.
Myla recounted an incredible story for Detroit's
African American Museum about Leo Moss and his
dolls, as told by Ruby, Moss' last surviving daughter.
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, Moss worked
as a handyman for white families in Macon, Georgia.
He had an extraordinary talent for creating dolls,
both white and black. When commissioned by a
child's parents, he would create a doll with a striking
resemblance to the child. If the child cried while he
was sculpting the doll, Moss would add tears to the
dolls face. In the early 1900s, tragedy struck Moss'
home. A traveling New York toy dealer, from whom he
often purchased doll supplies, ran away with his wife
and baby, leaving him to raise the other four children.
Moss continued making dolls but never received the
financial rewards that his talent merited. He died a
pauper in 1936.
Myla Perkins, doll collector and author of Black Dolls,
stated that "when black children go to many museums
and historical places, they see only white dolls. I am
giving them a chance to see rare and beautiful black ones.
I hope it adds to their feeling of pride."
Although each of Myla's Leo Moss dolls is different
- in expression, size, hair style, and detail of sculpted
features - there is a consistent resemblance in their
style and construction, which makes them instantly
recognizable. The heads are hand-sculpted papiermâché over armature base, and most have glass eyes.
Some are with closed mouths either smiling or wistful,
several have well-defined teeth, and one delightfully
licks his lips. Bodies vary, some early handmade
models (by Leo Moss' wife, Lee Ann, according to
family oral history), some as restored manufactured
doll bodies, and some a combination of the two.
In 2015, a remarkable discovery concerning the
construction of the Leo Moss doll was made by
Steve Eilenberg in preparation for the Mingei
International Museum Exhibition in San Diego.
Eilenberg received a grant to x-ray and CAT scan
the Leo Moss dolls. Photos of the CAT scan of a
dear little Leo Moss doll can be found online at
www.aperturephotoarts.com. Reviewing the internal
Top: "Mina" was the first Leo Moss doll ever entered
in national competition at the 1973 UFDC Convention
Competitive Exhibit in Louisville, Kentucky, where it won
a blue ribbon. She is incised "Mina" on the front shoulderplate and 'Leo Moss 1903' on the back of her head.
Left: Mischief is afoot with this delightful 23-inch Leo
Moss doll with side-glancing eyes, sporting molded
pigtails designed to hold hair ribbons.
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