Three-quarters length carved figure; represents a Turk with a turban, a long moustache and a wide ribbon over his left shoulder; his arms are akimbo.
tobacconists' figures
painting (coating)
Norway spruce (wood)
Pine
Painted
SYMBOL, TRADE
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
27 x 15 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.973
Title Carved Tobacconist's Female Figure Accession Number 1991.974
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