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
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These are objects collected by, given to, or worn by Joseph Needham, Dorothy Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen. Objects given to the Needham Research Institute are catalogued as NRI 1
Dates:
c.1952-1985
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