Antique Hand-painted Polychrome Plaster Head man in parka along the handle and

along the handle and

It appears to be solid copper

which makes it feel all the more like a small modernist sculpture

Just a little thing

examples of which I've included in photos

Antique Hand-painted Polychrome Plaster Head man in parka along the handle andI am not sure if this was once the head on a Santos, or doll, or some sort of mannequin or what, but I think it is pretty fantastic, and all the better for the toll time has taken, resulting in the loss of a portion of the outer shell on the face. The effect is to make him (I believe) appear as if a clown or thespian midway in the process of removing his makeup and baring his true self! To my eye quite a beautiful thing. 3 3 8 t x 1 1 2 w x 2 1 8" d