08-14-201008-15-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 14, 2010 03:00 PMCalender
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Carved Yellow Poplar Figure of a Frontier Jesuit Priest

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$6,518$5,500
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2509Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 15, 2010 10:00AM

Description:

Carved Yellow Poplar Figure of a Frontier Jesuit Priest, Native American or Canada, late 18th/early 19th century, the figure with articulated arms, removable head, trousers, and feet, the eyes inset with shell, the hair on the figure's head is pegged with bear hair in the tonsure fashion associated with Jesuit priests, mounted on a wooden platform, ht. 21 1/2, wd. 8 1/2 in.

Provenance: Estate of William S. Greenspon.

Literature: This figure is illustrated and discussed in American Primitive, by Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, p. 46.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

Keywords

head, removable head, William S. Greenspon, Frank Maresca, Roger Ricco