Lot 0149

Folk Art Hand-Crank Indian Automaton c. Late 19th

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Folk Art Hand-Crank Indian Automaton c. Late 19th

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Description

Title: Folk Art Hand-Crank Indian Automaton c. Late 19th Century

Dimensions: 1.5 feet tall 7 inches wide Figure alone 9 inches tall

Provenance/Additional Information: Antique handmade mechanical automaton toy figure of a painted tin Indian, c. late 19th century. Toys of the period involved animated jointed bodies, but as you turn the wooden handle of this device, the tin Indian does not take on the lively, comic movements of typical figures — rather, he limps along in a pathetic gait, as if crippled by defeat. Made during the Indian Wars of the late nineteenth century — almost certainly by a white hand — the automaton seems to inadvertently capture the suffering of contemporary Native American communities under assault by military and social campaigns undertaken by the U.S. Government. Regardless of its maker’s intentions, the automaton is an evocative piece of folk art and sobering representation of one of the darkest periods in American history.

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Location: This item ships from New Hampshire

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Condition

Good antique condition, with expected wear on wooden base, and significant rust on one side of the tin figure with paint loss (please see photos). The figure is fragile, though stable.