Wooden Head (Corbel)

Object/Artifact

Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

HM-990. 11

Description

Wooden figure head with red face. Carved on left side, flat on right side. Painted bright colors with black, brown, red and yellow. Crown is slightly broken. Large mounting hole drilled from top to bottom on head, small holes drilled in body, and another large hole through the bottom of the body section. Similar in shape to a ship's figurehead. Believed to be part of Hammond's Sicilian peasant/festival carts. Used as decorative corbels, attached to the wall and below pantry bar shelf.

Collection

Sculpture

General Notes

Note Type

JHHJr diary p615 1927-03-19 (Sicily, cart parts for bar)

Note

Believed to be part of Sicilian artifacts.

Note Type

1970ca Handwritten Inventory p(8) - Sicilian Room & Lower Round Dining Room