The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Home made black mammy doll, with long cotton print dress with white cotton collar and cuffs, cotton print cap (matching dress) with red grosgrain bow, white apron, miniature bead bracelets (left is gold and right is red), black cloth face with embroidered features, and black wool hair. Limbs are made from black lisle stocking. The three buttons sewn down the front are made from costume pearls. The doll is also wearing a pair of apricot coloured bloomers made from stretch cotton underwear material. A paper label sewn to doll's chest reads "No Dolls Queensland".
Part of an exhibition mounted in Brisbane by the Country Women's Association of Queensland demonstrating items that could be made from material readily available without coupons.
Apron with bib front, made from a chaff bag dyed yellow. Bib, strings, hem and pocket edge are made from red damask curtain fabric scraps. Both the neck band and ties of the apron have been folded ove
Blue velveteen stuffed rabbit toy made for a baby girl, with pink bead eyes, red embroidered mouth, and a pocket (82 x 50mm) on its proper left side containing a pair of knitted pink bootees (95 x 45
Kitchen towel made from hessian with edges bound with white cotton tape, and embroidered in red cotton in the top left corner, 'KiTChEN TOWEL'. A piece of paper sewn to the rear of the towel reads "Qu
Apron with bib front, made from a chaff bag dyed yellow. Bib, strings, hem and pocket edge are made from red damask curtain fabric scraps. Both the neck band and ties of the apron have been folded ove
Kitchen towel made from hessian with edges bound with white cotton tape, and embroidered in red cotton in the top left corner, 'KiTChEN TOWEL'. A piece of paper sewn to the rear of the towel reads "Qu
Blue velveteen stuffed rabbit toy made for a baby girl, with pink bead eyes, red embroidered mouth, and a pocket (82 x 50mm) on its proper left side containing a pair of knitted pink bootees (95 x 45
Velveteen sailor doll. The doll's body is made from twelve separate velveteen sections (blue arms, legs, body and apricot hands, feet head and ears) and the head is painted in the Wellings style, with
Peach colour cotton doll's body, sewn together from two panels. There is extra material on the reverse panel to allow for a seat and feet. The body has never been filled. Intended for use with the Lau
Small woollen doll made from short bunched lengths of black wool, tied at neck, hands, waist and feet with red and yellow cotton thread. A crude face has been realised with eyes and mouth in red cotto
