We have always considered and collected these commercial masks and helmets as industries tribal art. Examples can be elegant in their simplicity or bazaar and complex. They are always unique, suprising and filled with personality.
1890s Hand Painted Life Size Anatomical of Head
This is an early and high quality hand-painted plaster antique anatomical model of an adult human head. I would date this to 1900. The details are well-done and the brain is removable and splits in two. There is some plaster missing on the bottom of the brain. The model is life-size and mounted on an original wooden base. This example is unsigned but its most likely Bock Steger Lips [Leipzig]... 13"x 13"x 8"... $2800
