Wooden Head (corbel)

Object/Artifact

Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

HM-990. 12

Description

Wooden figure head with red face. Flat on left side with large number 18 painted in black over original paint. Carved on right ride. Painted bright colors with black, brown, red and yellow. Small chip broken off of nose. 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