An Interesting Large c.1900 Carved & Painted Wooden Folk Art Figure; ‘Andrew’ sub-Curios The woods decay

The woods decay

or from some other cause near him’

This piece has later been adapted

They became extinct across much of their range in Europe and Alaska

the whole on plinth bases

An Interesting Large c.1900 Carved & Painted Wooden Folk Art Figure; ‘Andrew’ sub-Curios The woods decayOrigin: English or American Period: Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1910 Height: 24. 5 inches The unusually large primitive folk art naively carved soft wooden figure standing at over two feet and having jointed arms, possibly fashioned for shop display use, as a bearded negro farm worker with a quizzical look on his black painted face, having glass eyes, part leather cap and horse hair beard, with pyjama