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Your Price: $ 117.30
Item Number: 18623
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During the late forties, fifties time frame, a Polynesian/Hawaiian fascination was in place throughout the U.S.A. Books and Broadway musicals such as James Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific, and The King and I introduced Americans to these cultures.
Marwal Industries, located in Miami, Florida, offered a wide variety of quality Plaster of Paris/Chalkware statuary with the Hawaiian, Polynesian and Asian themes. During more than a twenty year period from the 1940’s through the end of the 1960’s, this art company produced head and shoulder busts of both men and women, large garden statues of animals and humans, and female nude forms (now considered hard to find).
Our modest nude statuary stands 20 inches tall, measures 10 3/4 inches front to back, and sits on a 6 1/4 inch base made to resemble perhaps a scalloped shell. She is done in a gold tone with subtle brown accents. Her hair is drawn into a pony-tail at the back and she has her hands partially covering her breasts.
The Hawaiian/Polynesian lady has no cracks or chips. There are a few raised dits and blemishes in the plaster that were formed during the manufacturing process, as well as some minor unevenness of the gold color application, but over-all, the figure is in fine vintage condition. Two Marwal medallion shapes are embossed on the figure, one on the bottom right, and a second on the back of the statue.
Although of chalkware/Plaster of Paris construction, this is not a light-weight piece. The weight of this statue is slightly more than sixteen pounds before packaging. For anyone considering the purchase of this marvelous retro piece, please know we will ensure its safe transit with extra care and plenty of padding/packaging material. This will be treated by both the U.S. Postal Service and UPS as an oversized package and shipping may be quite costly depending on the shipping destination (Item will be shipping from our Florida location). For shipping quote, please email us your shipping address.
For those customers located in Florida, we can hand-deliver the item within a 40 mile radius of the Winter Haven, FL area; Orlando, Tampa, St. Pete is fine. Please email us for more information. |
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