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Sat, Sep 15, 2018 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1108

Locomotive Topper Of A Native American

Estimate: $500 - $700

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American, 19th century, sheet iron, painted on both sides, in the form of a Native American with headdress, bow and arrow, and knife and arrow in his belt, with attached threaded rod, 17 in.; with item is original receipt and letter dated 1968, letter refers to The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, by Nina Fletcher Little, Plate 144, page 302, which shows a similar ornament, and Antiques magazine, September 1947 issue, article Railroad Art by Lucius Beebe, showing a similar Indian in place on a locomotive

, Provenance: Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina

Condition

wear, loss to surface consistent with age and use, oxidation to surface, very old replaced upper string section of bow

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