The Bearded Man
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Leather Mask with Yarn hair and beard
Painted exterior and Shellacked interior 
Figure sculpted out of water-based clay
Designed by Sherry Harper-McCombs. 
Elastic strap reinforced for beard pulling trick
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Clay cast into Plaster, and leather pulled over plaster and formed.
Interior coated with Shellac and exterior painted with brush and sponge techniques. 
On stage photograph
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Yarn hair laced through holes pierced in the leather.
Dusted with hair-spray to stabilize. Beard knitted loosely every night and attached to hooks below the cheeks of the mask. The man would "yank out his beard" by unraveling the knit beard on stage during the performance. |
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