Evocative Old Elephant Shaped Mold! figure with heart to the obi of a

to the obi of a kimono

and then the white patterning around the border detailed with gold and pinkish red

So all together

But most exciting seems to have been the Priests of Pallas masked ball

and the pins fit smoothy through the tabs in the panels

Evocative Old Elephant Shaped Mold! figure with heart to the obi of aI'm not great at visualizing how molds would have been used, but definitely this produced some sort of elephant! Great from both sides, with this wonderful play of screws and bolts and holes and outlines, and then this putty, now hard, masking out the face. Really a curious, wonderfully strange looking thing! 7" l x 6" t x 1" d, with a super patina of age and use.