Head, Miniature
Description
A miniature head. The painted plaster head features a profile of a chubby, balding, moustachioed man in a melancholy mood. It is fitted with tufts of hair.
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Object detail
Production place
Subject person
Classification
Credit line
Exotica
from
foreign
climes
were
keenly
sought
for
the
opening
of
New
Plymouth
Museum
in
1902.
This
miniature
head
was
part
of
a
'large
and
beautiful
collection
of
Burmese,
Japanese
and
South
Sea
Island
curios
and
specimens
of
art
'
donated
by
Adolphus
Kyngdon.
For
more
information
on
the
history
of
museums
in
New
Plymouth
see
the
section
Oddments:
Exotic
Collecting
in
New
Plymouth
in
the
book
Flashback:
Tales
and
Treasures
of
Taranaki
pp.252-255.
http://www.pukeariki.com/Heritage/Flashback.aspx
Accession number
A73.016
Collection type
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