02-25-200102-25-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2056
February 25, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
1274

Carved Articulated Native American Doll

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$5,750$5,000
Auction: Sale #2056 - 2056Location: BoltonDate / Time: February 25, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Carved Articulated Native American Doll, America, c. 1870, polychromed wood with painted features, open mouth with teeth, original headdress, and clothes with embroidered detail, painted boots, with stand, (headband once had feathers),ht. 13 1/2 in. Provenance: Marna Anderson. Literature: This doll appears in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca's AMERICAN PRIMITIVE: DISCOVERIES IN FOLK SCULPTURE, (New York, 1988),p. 142, fig. 196.
Estimate $8,000-12,000

Keywords

Marna Anderson, Frank Maresca