April 23, 2024
Vintage Ada Lum Tagged Body Doll
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You are bidding on an original Ada Lum doll. She is 14" tall, wears the traditional blue pants and top with toggle closures, has blue and white socks and black embroidered shoes. Her black hair is in a bun in the back with a red piece woven in. She does have some loose hairs around her left ear and bun. Her face has sewn features and two discoloration marks. Her hands have separately sewn fingers, and she has the Ada Lum sewn in side tag for identification. Some history on Ada Lum; She began designing and making dolls in Shanghai in the 1940s. At first she made them just for friends, but as more people wanted them she started a business making dolls. When the Communists took over in 1949, Ada Lum and her family fled to Hong Kong, where she continued her business and employed other Chinese refugees. At first she worked out of her home, but by 1962 she had a shop in the Mandarin Hotel. Her dolls were popular during the 1950s and ’60s and many were bought by American tourists. Now they are highly collectible.
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