Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin
Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin
VERY RARE ODD FELLOWS CARVED AND PAINTED CEREMONIAL HEART-IN-HAND STAFF, FLORIDA, CIRCA 1890
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October 10, 05:49 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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VERY RARE ODD FELLOWS CARVED AND PAINTED CEREMONIAL HEART-IN-HAND STAFF, FLORIDA, CIRCA 1890
depicts an African-American hand with a relief carved heart.
Length 48 in.
Giampietro American Folk Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco, American Vernacular: New Discoveries in Folk, Self-Taught, and Outsider Sculpture, (New York: Bulfinch Press, 2002), p. 177.
This apparently unique staff was found in an African-american Odd Fellows lodge hall in Florida.