A Rare c.1900 Papier-Mâché Tobacconists’ Indian ‘Black Boy’ Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles red silk hankerchief round neck

red silk hankerchief round neck

the splayed and elegant legs and the powder Regency blue used on the central reserve all-typical

We are not certain of the origin of this mask and after a period of research we cannot find another like it though our most educated guess is that it is of Congolese or Himalayan origin

the bone showing an aged texture

the whole containing thirty nine examples surviving from the mid twentieth century

A Rare c.1900 Papier-Mâché Tobacconists’ Indian ‘Black Boy’ Advertising Shop Window Display Figure sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles red silk hankerchief round neckOrigin: English Period: Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 15 Height: 21 inches Width: 8. 5 inches (at base) Depth: 3. 5 inches (at base) The painted papier mch advertising figure designed to be displayed in a shop window, probably to advertise tobacco, modelled as a young negro youth in white shorts with agog expression, his arms held out before him (probably once holding a pipe or plaque), and with three red indian feathers as a head dress