American Folk Art
- An Early Shaw Figure
This wonderful very early American Folk Art, Ventriloquist figure
was made by William Henry James Shaw.
It's construction dates to the early 20th century. His head is Paper
Mache and he has a leather moving mouth and a spitter. The spitter
is attached to the mouth palette and terminated out the back of the
head. A slot was made to accommodate this movement.
His wig is also original and so is his paint. Just the way you want
to find them. It has carved wood hands (replaced) and the clothing
is original to the figure or they are at least from the 1920's. The
sweater is kind of tattered but still looks great.
The cap is silk and comes too. This is a great early American Folk
Art Figure
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