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G'day JT007m, Thank you for your question. In early modern times, the population was largely illiterate so businesses had emblems to advertise their products such as the barber's pole. As native Americans introduced Europeans to tobacco, tobacconists adopted Indians as symbols. At first, they looked more like Africans because Europeans had little knowledge. By the early 18th century, the figures were very realistic and the cigar store Indian as we know it was developed. I have attached sources for your reference. Regards Wikipedia Cigar store Indian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigar_store_indian Cigar Store Indian History http://www.cigarstoreindianstatue.com/ blog Critics http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/10/21/093816.php Encyclopedia of North American Indians page 123 Frederick E. Hoxie (editor) Houghton Mifflin http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0395669219&id=o-BNU7QuJkYC&pg=RA3-PA123&lpg=RA3-PA123&ots=Keade4DYCO&dq=%22Cigar+Store+Indian%22&sig=-SUwmWU8saQzQWyD-dJ8Rcs2wcI
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