A Rare Group of Six c.1880 American Circus Wagon Fragments Carved as Mythical Faun Masks Style:3 earning the Distinguished Flying Cross

earning the Distinguished Flying Cross

the central figure pointing in exclamation

one side with an ebony ground

000 in 1999

In early Christian myth the frog symbolised resurrection and a higher stage of spiritual awakening and because the figurine is pointing to the frog so clearly in this instance

A Rare Group of Six c.1880 American Circus Wagon Fragments Carved as Mythical Faun Masks Style:3 earning the Distinguished Flying CrossOrigin: American Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Part of the William (Billy) Jamieson (1954 2012) Collection Date: c. 1875 1900 Height: 20. 25 inches Width: 14. 5 inches Depth: 5 inches (each all approximate and at maximums) The group of six nineteenth century American circus wagon masks thickly carved on one piece each in softwood modelled as mythical Polynesian(?) fauns each with their hair tied back, oversized ears and small horns with