Vintage Taxidermy Caiman Alligator Stuffed Doll Florida Souvenir Oddity

Description

Here is a taxidermy stuffed South American Caiman souvenir doll that were commonly sold in roadside tourist traps in Florida and other southern states during the late 1950s -1960s. This one is wearing a cloth scarf or necktie, short pants (a little soiled) a straw hat and holding a ball. He will require some assistance to stand upright. Measures 11” tall, missing the tip of then tail and some wire protruding out of the bottom of the right foot.
In good to used age appropriate condition. From the 1960s.
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