A CARVED AND PAINTED STYLIZED SNAKE

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A CARVED AND PAINTED STYLIZED SNAKE
POBOBLY LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19TH CENTURY

The full bodied figure, carved from a tree root, painted red and decorated with gold spots, and brass tack eyes--7¾in. high
Provenance
Public Auction, Akron, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Literature
Machmer, p.55, fig.231
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, "A Palette of Pennsylvania Folk Art," April 6 - 10, 1976 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, The Heritage Center of Lancaster County, "By Hand and Eye," May 4 - October 31, 1976