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Description : HORACE GAITHER (AFRICAN-AMERICAN, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, 1880-1949) FOLK ART CARVINGS, LOT OF 14, pine, assorted figures and signs including CAVE MAN, THE MONKEY MANS - THE FIRST CAVE MAN, and WYCHE HERMAN 1940, two religious, etc. Each retains its original painted or gilded surface. Circa 1940. 7 1/4 HOA. Catalogue Note: Horace Gaither was an African-American carver born in Salisbury, NC. His mother was Cora Daughtery, born into slavery in 1864 in North Carolina. The identity of his father is unknown. Gaither was working in Petersburg, VA, by 1918 when he registered for military service in World War I. He worked as a general laborer for the City of Petersburg and as a rodman for the city engineer's office. He died at Central State Hospital in Petersburg, the first institution in the country for colored persons of unsound mind. His cause of death was recorded as General Paralysis of the Insane.
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