Evocative 1877 Plaster Portrait Mold of Bearded Gentleman barrel shaped box which softened/eroded with use

which softened/eroded with use

as the viscerality of the ink becomes apparent

I've been keeping an eye out for old folding rulers when I'm out and about

Quite a charming and tender thing I think

with Yantra at center (the circle inside of triangle inside of circle)

Evocative 1877 Plaster Portrait Mold of Bearded Gentleman barrel shaped box which softened/eroded with useI think I'd be way less interested in the cast plaster portraits created from this than I am in the mold itself, which I find super evocative and a bit haunting too, with all of its patina now making it feel a bit like a momento mori. I don't know who this man was, but there is a date of 1877 carved into the back. Around the perimeter is an old iron wire holding it together one assumes added at the time it cracked along his shoulder with a beautiful