Evocative Old Wooden Hat Form with Tape Helmet correspondance The bank is in good

The bank is in good shape

She is emblematic of traditional Oaxacan “barro negro” (black clay) pottery - hand-shaped

measuring 7 1/2" x 5" x 1 7/8"

When the citizens refused to pay for his services as promised

but great color still

Evocative Old Wooden Hat Form with Tape Helmet correspondance The bank is in goodThis just struck me as quite a beautiful thing, with the old tape giving her a helmet of sorts, or really perhaps more like a sort of bathing cap, and so, to my eye, making her feel quite animate. (And also like a woman who has worn many hats!) I believe the wooden form dates to the early 20th century, and I think has quite a lovely shape to it. Head sized: approx 10" t x 6 3 4" w x 7 1 2". Tape is very well attached, and all with quite a wonderful