Lot 331
  • 331

A Carved and Painted Pine Cigarstore Indian Princess, Probably Samuel Robb, New York, circa 1880

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 71 in. (180.3 cm)
the full-bodied figure of an Indian princess standing with one leg advanced before the other, each foot in black high-button shoes, the figure wearing a diadem, red and blue wasp-waisted dress, standing on a composition base inscribed, CIGARS; restorations to paint and repairs to the face.

Condition

never had feathers; multiple repaints; splits, cracks and chips; lostt and cracks on one foot
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