By the mid-20th century, they’d grown so popular that they were mass-manufactured and widely available in department stores across the country, but today, they’re found mostly in museums, private collections, and contemporary art. The topsy-turvy doll, as it’s known, most likely originated in American plantation nurseries of the early 19th century.
Two dolls in one, yet only one can be played with at a time. The lining of one's dress is the outside of the other’s, so that the skirt flips over to conceal one body when the other is upright.
The doll is two-headed and two-bodied-one black body and one white, conjoined at the lower waist where the hips and legs would ordinarily be.
