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Box NRI2/8/14/2-4

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

 Sub-Fonds

Masks, c.1952-1985

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/14
 File

2 face casts of Joseph Needham by Carole Sivin, 1980 - 1985

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/14/2
Scope and Contents

One mask has a handwritten note inside stating: 'To Joseph Needham F.R.S. F.B.A. In honor of his eightieth birthday from Carole Sivin 1980 "Butter side down"'. The second mask has an inscription engraved into the clay: 'Dr Joseph Needham. Old man C.S. 85'.

Dates: 1980 - 1985
 Item

1 fired clay face sculpture of Joseph Needham by Carole Sivin, 1974

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/14/3
Scope and Contents

The clay has been fired with a blue glaze. It is undated and unsigned.
A letter from Carole Sivin to Joseph Needham and Dorothy Needham mentions the 'blue clay Joseph Needham head' which was made in Kyoto in 1974 ( NRI2/9/5/10).

Dates: 1974
 Item

1 face cast of Carole Sivin made by herself, 1984

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/14/4
Scope and Contents

The mask is inscribed on the inside: 'CS 84'.

Dates: 1984