Bought a statue of Mary I'd like to know more about-help please?

[Kauziamos]

Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone might be able to help identify/date this statue of Mary I bought at an estate sale. The owner lived at the same house in Los Angeles his whole life and made it to 106! He was an artist who also had a large collection, much of it attained through trade...this Mary statue was out in his garden, I thought it had, I'll say, presence, so a bought it. Not something I would normally purchase. When I got home and really looked at it, the thought occurred to me that it could be much older than I realized. Like, it could possibly be a mission era church relic rather than a garden gnome. Probably a rediculous notion, but I felt it couldn't hurt to ask around. Thanks for looking.

 

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[H-2 CHARLIE]

It looks old .

 

[Joe-Dirt]

I like that , looks like someone spent a good deal of time crafting her, she’s keeper

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

WOW
Nobody knows

 

[trdking]

Looks like a modern poured example to me, that has set out in the weather for a while

 

[Kauziamos]

I thought it might be poured too, looking at the back of it, but it still looks pretty old. When I say pretty old, I mean at least 100 years. That might not be considered so old by some of the old-timers still around

 

[randazzo1]

The flat back is weird. Must have been meant to go against a wall.

 

[kingskid1611]

Did you ask her what her last name is? She does look old.....

 

[JimDon]

It certainly looks primitive to me. Quite possibly Alaskan origin maybe.

 

[Kauziamos]

They had one more sale this last weekend, picked up a few more curios. Ancient tiles, I'm guessing, bits of old painted wall? And this black oval stone-any guesses?

 

[2Minnesota]

Try squishing some silly putty into that rock and see if it form a shape of something recognizable. Just a thought... interesting.

 

[diggummup]

I agree with poured concrete, based on the back of it. It has a Mexican/ Central or South American look to me. But that's just a gut feeling.

 

[zombieraccoon]

yhe mary looks like my lawn gnomes after all the paint falls off from being outside for a few years. maybe similar material ? as far as the stones, did you ask tge person you bought it from ?