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Pair of Rare 3' Display Model Skookum Dolls Chief & Squaw. Generally these rare Display dolls were

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Pair of Rare 3' Display Model Skookum Dolls Chief & Squaw.  Generally these rare Display dolls were
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Chief & Squaw. Generally these rare Display dolls were wrapped in blankets and didn't have arms. Only shops that could sell a large number of the smaller dolls received these leather dressed display dolls which also had leather hands and arms. These larger 3' dolls were made 1940-1960. This leather clad pair measure 34" which dates them in the late 1940's. Complete with beaded leather clothes and moccasins and wood beads. Skookums Doll History:
The history of Skookum dolls starts with Mary McAboy filing two applications for patents for a doll or toy figure on November 29, 1913. The patents were granted on February 17, 1914. One of the applications was for a male and the other a female and in three styles - a male doll, a female doll, a female doll with a baby.
The dolls started to become so popular that Mary McAboy partnered with H.H. Tammen Co. of Denver, Colorado in 1920 to keep up with the demand. She stayed on and was the head of the Skookum Assembly Division. The look of the doll stayed the same but some of the materials used to make them changed and plastic and some other materials were used. They were factory made dolls from the 1920's - 1960's that resembled Native American people and were usually sold in tourist spots Skookum dolls came in a variety of sizes and styles to represent various tribes, customs and dress. From 2" souvenir mailers to 3 foot store displays. Skookums don't have arms but were wrapped with Indian style folded blankets so that it looked like they had folded arms.