Something different to the run of the mill Cigar Store Indian

[El Presidente]

 

 

Cigar Store Carved Trade Figure, Vintage carved wood trade figure of a woman from a cigar store, an example of this figure is shown in the color section of the 1970 book "Artists In Wood" by Frederick Fried, and listed as a lady of fashion circa 1885, made to sell Cuban cigars, the figure features a standing woman wearing a traditional Cuban dress and wearing a hat, her right hand offers a bundle of cigars and her raised left hand beckons customers into the store, overall condition is very good,