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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1298028, member: 111"]Not sure would be able to identify her origins from what is present in the print, and she could just be a pretty American black girl, but for what it's worth, my first thought was a Filipina (some truly varied ethnicity found in the Philippines), personally can't really tell if that's a ribbon, a flower, or maybe even a heavy low bun (looks like the artist put all his effort into her face}; and while she could be wearing a cap-sleeve dress, it reminds me of some of the Filipino 'kimona' blouses, similar still worn.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not saying she's Filipino, just showing some images to illustrate why it seemed like she might be to me...</p><p><br /></p><p>1950s Filipino actress:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]218819[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1680/stars-of-philippine-cinemas-golden-age" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1680/stars-of-philippine-cinemas-golden-age" rel="nofollow">https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1680/stars-of-philippine-cinemas-golden-age</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]218837[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]218838[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A picture showing several lovely Filipina faces:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]218839[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1950s kimona:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]218841[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Modern kimona:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]218842[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1298028, member: 111"]Not sure would be able to identify her origins from what is present in the print, and she could just be a pretty American black girl, but for what it's worth, my first thought was a Filipina (some truly varied ethnicity found in the Philippines), personally can't really tell if that's a ribbon, a flower, or maybe even a heavy low bun (looks like the artist put all his effort into her face}; and while she could be wearing a cap-sleeve dress, it reminds me of some of the Filipino 'kimona' blouses, similar still worn. I'm not saying she's Filipino, just showing some images to illustrate why it seemed like she might be to me... 1950s Filipino actress: [ATTACH=full]218819[/ATTACH] [URL]https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1680/stars-of-philippine-cinemas-golden-age[/URL] [ATTACH=full]218837[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]218838[/ATTACH] A picture showing several lovely Filipina faces: [ATTACH=full]218839[/ATTACH] 1950s kimona: [ATTACH=full]218841[/ATTACH] Modern kimona: [ATTACH=full]218842[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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