Figure of the Month
October 2005: Hanley Head

Figure Name: Hanley Head

Date Created: 1983

Created by: Donald Hanley

Used by: New Head

Trivia: 
1. This unnamed head was donated by Donald Hanley in the summer of 1986.
2. Hanley was from Tinley Park, Illinois.
3. The head was molded first of clay and then a plaster cast was made,  followed by a "standard pressed in and water cured plastic wood method," according to notes from Hanley.
4. The paint job is an oil paint done in three coats.
5. The ears of the figure are made of balsa wood.
6. If you have the Quicktime Player, you can see this head on the head rack in Building Two by viewing the Quick Time Virtual Pan Number Two (The Hanley Head is the fourth from the right on the bottom row of the head rack.

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