BLACK AMERICANA STRAUSS "TOMBO THE ALABAMA COON JIGGER" WIND-UP TIN TOY
BLACK AMERICANA STRAUSS "TOMBO THE ALABAMA COON JIGGER" WIND-UP TIN TOY, with articulated arms and legs, dark green jacket and striped black pants, wood-grain platform top with brown and yellow sides, lettering under base. Together with a dancing African-American man with celluloid head and cane. Two pieces total. The Ferdinand Strauss Corporation. First half 20th century.
Condition: Very good overall condition, base with wear to paint on one side, areas of paint wear to figure. Soiling and tearing to cloths on other figure.
Size: 10 1/4" and 6 1/2" H.
Provenance: Provenance: From a long-established Page Co. family.
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BLACK AMERICANA STRAUSS "TOMBO THE ALABAMA COON JIGGER" WIND-UP TIN TOY, with articulated arms and legs, dark green jacket and striped black pants, wood-grain platform top with brown and yellow sides, lettering under base. Together with a dancing African-American man with celluloid head and cane. Two pieces total. The Ferdinand Strauss Corporation. First half 20th century.
Condition: Very good overall condition, base with wear to paint on one side, areas of paint wear to figure. Soiling and tearing to cloths on other figure.
Size: 10 1/4" and 6 1/2" H.
Provenance: Provenance: From a long-established Page Co. family.