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A CARVED AND PAINTED CIGAR STORE INDIAN
AMERICAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Carved in the form of an Indian princess with a gold feather headdress above long groove-carved black hair and carved gold earrings over a polychrome carved dress and cape, the figure grasping a knife and bundle of cigars, standing on a tapering box base inscribed "HPB & Co., NABOB, 5c SEGARS" (some restoration to paint)--72 1/2in. high
AMERICAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Carved in the form of an Indian princess with a gold feather headdress above long groove-carved black hair and carved gold earrings over a polychrome carved dress and cape, the figure grasping a knife and bundle of cigars, standing on a tapering box base inscribed "HPB & Co., NABOB, 5c SEGARS" (some restoration to paint)--72 1/2in. high