Mexican Couple are 16"-16 1/2" cloth cultural dolls that were handcrafted in Mexico circa the 1940s-on.  The dolls are intriguing, and yet captivating cloth dolls that wear authentic traditional Mexican ethnic costuming and beaded jewelry.  Their molded russet colored mask faces have been expressively hand painted with black brows, dark eyelashes, blush, and darkly rosy open mouths with white beaded teeth, while their inserted dark eyes have been constructed from dried beans with painted on pupils, as Susan Hedrick & Vilma Matchette record in their informative book about folk and ethnic dolls, World Colors.  Additionally, please notice their well modeled noses with nostrils, their broad cheek bones, and their prominent chins.  The Mexican woman's center parted black yarn hair is further braided and styled in an up-do, while her partner's shaggy black hair is topped with a straw hat.  The dolls' firmly stuffed cloth bodies have been formed into realistic, almost stationary positions and pinned in place. Their flesh tones are mottled in coloring, more notably their arms, legs, and their large bare feet with stitched toes.  As laborers in a Mexican village, both carry their appropriate accessories.  Both dolls sustain wear and soil (faces) from age and storage. With age, the man's neck has wrinkled and the woman's lips are flaking. In their larger size and remarkable condition, they are striking cultural dolls that represent a way of life that is fast fading in contemporary society.  The Mexican couple are portrait-like in their bearing.  

To this day, records of their maker have not been found.  I owned a similar doll earlier that interestingly came with a hang tag that read "Sanborns/Mexico."         

PLEASE study the photos carefully and email with all questions! My photos detail her condition accurately. Though I have tried to provide an honest and detailed description, I may have omitted information that is important to you. I have also provided photos that "speak volumes."