Mae West figurine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930s
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: West, Mae
notes: label: Description
content: Large painted chalk ware figurine depicting actress Mae West with an hour glass figure with an overly large head and bust. It is positioned in a familiar stance of Ms. West with one hand on the back of her head and one on the hip. Her face is painted in heavy detail, with garish eyebrows, eyelashes, blushing cheek, and red pouty mouth. Remnants of glitter still remain on necklace and at dress cuffs, with an additional star design painted in glitter on front of figurine below hips. West was a famous American actress and sex symbol whose career spanned seven decades.
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Movie Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Janet Vart
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0064.14
label: accession number
content: 2009.0064
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0064.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chalkware figurine
label: Object Name
content: figurine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 6 1/4 in; 35.56 cm x 15.875 cm