Description: Up for sale is this very well done hand carved sculpture of a young African American shoe shine boy. Sculpture is carved from a solid piece of wood! Very well done note the intent look on his face. He is dressed in an overcoat with baseball cap and carrying a haversack. Very tight grain wood of a butternut color maybe teak or chestnut? No signature or date but appears to be late to mid 20th century. AntiqueVintage Folk ArtHand Carved Wood SculptureAfrican American Shoe Shine. Up for sale is this very well done hand carved sculpture of a young African American shoe shine boy. Base measures 8″ X 5″ and sculpture stands 10 tall. The visor to his cap was at one point broken and has been glued back into place. There is a wood knot that runs through the entire piece. Adds some visual interest to the piece with a darker color. Thanks for looking and have a blessed day. Keep in mind that the final invoice consists of multiple. There are times when the automatic calculators are not accurate. Out customers are very important to us. With this in mind we strive to represent every item we sell accurately with photos and a detailed written description. We understand that seeing and reading about an item on the internet is never quite the same as being able to examine the item in person. Please keep us in mind. We are always looking for antiques as well as interesting and unusual things to list. Get images that make Supersized seem small. Tailor your auctions with Auctiva’s. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “AntiqueVintage Folk ArtHand Carved Wood SculptureAfrican American Shoe Shine” is in sale since Tuesday, October 30, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Folk Art & Indigenous Art”. The seller is “mkhda7″ and is located in Ellendale, Delaware. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Material: Solid Wood
- Type: Folk Art Carving
- Region of Origin: USA
- Originality: Original
- Subject: Shoe Shine Boy
- Style: Folk Art Carving
- Artist: Not Signed (Unknown)
- Date of Creation: Unknown