A New Dimension of Tradition: Important American Folk Art, Proceeds of the Sale to Benefit a New Folk Art Initiative at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A New Dimension of Tradition: Important American Folk Art, Proceeds of the Sale to Benefit a New Folk Art Initiative at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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VERY RARE GREEN AND BLACK PAINTED WOODEN DOUBLE-SIDED NUMERICAL SNAKE MOTIF GAMEBOARD, NEW ENGLAND, MID-19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
January 25, 10:08 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
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VERY RARE GREEN AND BLACK PAINTED WOODEN DOUBLE-SIDED NUMERICAL SNAKE MOTIF GAMEBOARD, NEW ENGLAND, MID-19TH CENTURY
the side with numbers along a spiraling black snake possibly used to play "the Game of the Goose." The reverse with painted checker design.
12 ½ by 12 ½ in.
Skinner, Bolton, The Folk Art Collection of Peter Brams, February 25, 2001, sale 2056, lot 1298;
Stephen Score, Boston, Massachusetts.