Cigar Store Indian Chief

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4' tall, base 9" x 9"
Signed F. Gallagher on the back
Shipping $143.94 included in price

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You've seen them at Trading Posts; you've seen them at souvenir shops, now you have the opportunity to own your own "Cigar Store Wooden Indian.” Own a piece of American heritage, a Frank Gallagher original sculpture.

This Cigar Store Indian Chief Carved Wooden Indian by Frank Gallagher is from the same family that carved the very first one for a man that owned Gallagher’s Furniture Store back in the 1800s. This truly is a unique conversation piece for home, office or store front. This wooden Indian is an exceptional example of Frank's work. He hand-carved it from a single large piece of Aspen wood from Colorado and painted it by hand. This Indian will surely “charm the pants off” anyone he meets.

The inspiration for Indian Wood Carvings came after Native Americans introduced English settlers to tobacco in Virginia during the 1600s. Later, merchants put the sculptures outside their stores to show customers that they sold tobacco products. The image of the Native American became a tradition for these carvings and memorializes the cooperation between some Natives and the colonists.

Frank Gallagher's ancestor, one of the first wooden Indian carvers, started carving his Indians in the 1840s. His great, great grandson, Frank, is known to be one of approximately 12 true full-blooded Man-Dan Indians still living. Unfortunately, the Man-Dan village was infected by small pox which practically wiped out the entire tribe. Frank's ancestor however, was away from the village at the time, working for a furniture maker. The furniture maker's name was Samuel Gallagher. Following the custom of Indian laborers of that era, Frank took his employer's last name as his own. One of the original Wooden Indians are on display in the Smithsonian Institute. The Gallaghers continue the art of carving as their ancestor would want it; the old way, the right way, by hand. A copy of Arizona Highways magazine with a two page story highlighting the Gallagher family will accompany this sculpture.

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