Polychrome Painted Carved Wooden Countertop Cigar Store Indian

Description:

Polychrome Painted Carved Wooden Countertop Cigar Store Indian, America, 19th century, fully carved standing figure of an Indian woman wearing a feathered headdress, holding a bundle of cigars and a box, old painted surface, mounted on a canted platform, (repaint to headdress crown),ht. 27 5/8 in.

Note: This figure is illustrated in American Folk Sculpture, by Robert Bishop (E.P. Dutton & Co., New York) p. 256.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

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