Carved and Painted Figural Cane

Description:

Carved and Painted Figural Cane, probably Michigan, dated 1900, handle on tapering shaft decorated with branded band over polychrome trout and bait carved in high relief above chip and foliate carving, with stand, (very minor wear),lg. 35 3/8 in. Literature: For a cane carved by the same hand in 1896, see George H. Meyer, AMERICAN FOLK ART CANES, (Seattle, 1992),p. 45, fig. 55.! Provenance: Kelter/Malc}.
Estimate $3,000-4,000

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