Details
A CARVED, PAINTED AND DECORATED FIGURE
TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The full bodied standing form of an African-American male with turning head, articulated hair, eyes, cheeks, nose and mouth, above a wood body with hinged shoulders and elbows and carved hands, clothed with a red cotton handkerchief around neck, a blue and white checkered V-neck long-sleeved cotton shirt over draw-string cotton pants with black leather shoes, on a blue-painted trapezoidal base, right hand replaced--65½in. high, 15in. wide, 11¾in. deep
TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The full bodied standing form of an African-American male with turning head, articulated hair, eyes, cheeks, nose and mouth, above a wood body with hinged shoulders and elbows and carved hands, clothed with a red cotton handkerchief around neck, a blue and white checkered V-neck long-sleeved cotton shirt over draw-string cotton pants with black leather shoes, on a blue-painted trapezoidal base, right hand replaced--65½in. high, 15in. wide, 11¾in. deep