African-American Antique Folk Art Sculpture Folk Art Effigy Collection Jim Linderman




An African-American effigy made of cement with bead eyes and gold paint.  Circa 1920 (?) found in the Whitehaven neighborhood of Memphis, TN in the mid 1980s.  Purchased at an African-American family yard sale.  They likely "inherited" the piece, as they said it was "always sitting on the back steps."  Inscribed around base "JIM LADY" An early African-American Folk Art Figural Sculpture pieces from the United States.

African-American Folk Art Figure collection Jim Linderman
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