Monumental Carved and Painted Pine American Indian Chief, Attributed to Samuel Anderson Robb (1851-1928), New York, Circa 1890

carved in the round from one tree trunk (except possibly right arm), the chief with gilded eagle and feathered headdress and beaded earrings; the right arm is raised and the hand holds bunch of cigars labeled Century Tobacco, Virginia Leaf, Smoking Tobacco; right foot advanced standing on a square black-painted base.

Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson, Brewster, Massachusetts.

Repainted, with a chip in the headdress, and feather on the left side of the figure.
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