Casper Mayer (1871-1931)
Making a Spearpoint
inscribed 'C Mayer Sc. 1899', 'Negro making spearpoint' and 'RUQUET-JANITSCHEK FOUNDERS-NY.' (on the base)
bronze with greenish black patina
13 in. (30.3 cm.) high
Lot Essay
according to Mantle Fielding's.... "Maker of anthropological groups for American Museum of Natural History and State Museum".