Carved and Painted Hooded Cobra

Description:

Carved and Painted Hooded Cobra, late 19th/early 20th century, the articulated body segments joined by hollow iron pins, lg. 28 3/4 in.

Provenance: Beverly Labe, Glens Falls, New York, November 17, 1979.

Exhibitions: Reflections of 19th Century America: Folk Art from the Collection of Sybil B. and Arthur B. Kern, Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, September 19, 1979-June 15, 1980.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $400-600


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