American Carved and Paint-Decorated Wooden Bust of a Woman Ship Figurehead, New England, Circa 1850

Howard and Catherine Feldman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Giampietro American Art and Antiques, New Haven, Connecticut;
David Teiger, Bernardsville, New Jersey;
Sotheby's, New York, The History Of Now: The Important American Folk Art Collection Of David Teiger, January 20, 2019, sale 10013, lot 1206.

Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Primitive (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988) p. 74, fig. 92;
Tom Geismar and Harvey Kahn, Spiritually Moving: A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998), no. 74.

This diminutive carving, little more than a foot tall, was likely made for a coastal schooner.