A CARVED AND PAINT-DECORATED INDIAN PRINCESS TOBACCONIST FIGURE

PROBABLY DETROIT, MICHIGAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A CARVED AND PAINT-DECORATED INDIAN PRINCESS TOBACCONIST FIGURE
PROBABLY DETROIT, MICHIGAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
69 in. high (overall), 57 in. high (the figure), 19½ in. wide, 22 in. deep
Base numbered in gilt 261

Provenance

The Dudley E. Waters Collection, Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Haffenreffer Collection of Cigar Store Indians, Parke-Bernet Galleries, October 10, 1956

Literature

Lawrence F. Jessup The Tobacconists Tribe of Treen, Antiques Magazine (September 1930), p. 233. fig. 2.

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Lot Essay

According to an article written in 1930 on the collection of Dudley E. Waters, this tobacconist figure is reputed to have come from a Northern Michigan cigar store. Lawrence F. Jessup, The Tobacconists Tribe of Treen, Antiques Magazine (September 1930), p. 232 fig. 2.

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