Androgynous Cast Plaster Head with Deep Part and Waved Hair, c. 1930s-40s? trench art curiosity the festival (which ran annually

the festival (which ran annually from 1887-1912 and again 1922-23) included a kick-off nighttime parade with lavish floats held in downtown Kansas City

The clay laces are threaded through the eye holes

great looking

Another from a series of battle scene drawings done by a kid long ago making use of the pages of a 1870s-80s ledger

It should be noted that this drawing

Androgynous Cast Plaster Head with Deep Part and Waved Hair, c. 1930s-40s? trench art curiosity the festival (which ran annuallyI found this one at my favorite treasure trove New Hampshire a family owned source of interesting things from across time and around the world, feeling like a cabinet of curiosities. I don't know anything about this plaster head's subject or maker, but it, and the hairstyle especially, feels very WPA era to me. (I really love those sculptural waves of hair running down the sides of the face.) With an androgynous quality to the face but quite