Amazing Handmade Gorilla Mask, from NBC Television numbers game where both he and Mexican

where both he and Mexican muralist Rufino Tamayo taught

I'm never one to pass by a charming hand puppet

and I think it is the degree to which they take themselves seriously as portraits that I find so appealing

This old hair ornament is amazing

set against the iridescent body which shows shades of green

Amazing Handmade Gorilla Mask, from NBC Television numbers game where both he and MexicanThere was pretty much no way I could leave this behind once I had seen it. First, it's amazing! But also, it's been beaten up and lived a life and been mended all over, which has rendered it, for me least, quite a tender, complex, and rather heart breaking object. I know that it originally came from NBC television, and would guess it dates to the 50s or 60s. (There is a fun website Hollywood Gorilla Men which really digs into the history of gorilla