5' Cigar Store Indian SEA CAPTAIN Carved Peg Leg 5 ft Wooden Sculpture Gallagher
For your consideration is this fabulous hand carved Sea Captain Peg Leg wooden sculpture by renown carver Frank Gallagher.
Hand carved from one piece of top grade no. 1 Colorado Aspen wood and hand painted. Stands at about 5 foot, including stand. Signed by the master carver Frank Gallagher.
We are authorized dealers who buy direct from makers and are pleased to offer the iconic Cigar Store Indian wooden sculptures by the famous Gallagher family! The Gallaghers were the original carvers of the famous Cigar Store Indians that became a symbol of tobacco stores and trading posts in the Southwest.
~ Frank Gallagher's ancestor, one of the first wooden Indian carvers, started carving his Indians in the 1840's. His great, great grandson Frank is known to be one of approximately 12 true full-blooded Man-Dan Indians still living. Unfortunately, the Man-Dan village was infected by small pox which practically wiped out the entire tribe. Frank's ancestor however, was away from the village at the time, working for a furniture maker. The furniture maker's name was Samuel Gallagher. Following the custom of Indian laborers of that era, Frank took his employer's last name as his own. One of the original Wooden Indians are on display in the Smithsonian Institute. The Gallaghers continue the art of carving as their ancestor would want it; the old way - the right way - by hand. ~
SENSATIONAL AUTHENTIC NATIVE AMERICAN HANDCRAFTED CIGAR STORE INDIAN SEA CAPTAIN PEG LEG SCULPTURE BY THE FAMOUS GALLAGHER FAMILY!
UNIQUE AND A TRUE SOUTHWESTERN ICON!
GREAT ITEM TO ENHANCE YOUR BUSINESS OR HOME WITH!
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