Antique Hand-painted Polychrome Plaster Head miniature basket 5 1/2" across the back

5 1/2" across the back if measured straight across (not on a curve)

I think the shape is just perfect

it is somewhat clearer in person)

13" long x 9 1/4" deep x 4 1/2" tall

produced by artists from the Cape Dorset

Antique Hand-painted Polychrome Plaster Head miniature basket 5 1/2" across the backI 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