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Life Size Seated Cigar Store Indian With Headdress

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Life Size Seated Cigar Store Indian With Headdress
Due to COVID-19 the sale will be conducted Online Only with no in-person bidding available. The sale is scheduled to start one hour earlier at 9am Mountain Time.
Featured in this lot we have a full size Native American Indian Cigar Store Indian / Trading Post mannequin dating to circa 1930’s-. The head is constructed from ceramic and has glass eyes as well as real black hair. The Indian features a colorful feathered headdress displaying feathers in red, white, blue, and dark brown. The figure is shown in a red button up shirt with leather vest and jeans with beaded necklaces. These mannequins were very popular in the early 1900’s being very similar to the cigar store Indians. These mannequins were used to advertise a stores distribution of tobacco products. The mannequin measures 55" tall by 18" wide and 42" deep.