Androgynous Cast Plaster Head with Deep Part and Waved Hair, c. 1930s-40s? studio pottery weed vase Voorhees of San Francisco who

Voorhees of San Francisco who was active in the temperance movement (mentioned in the local paper on a visit to see her sister in Ohio in 1886)

The hand-carved crosses really do it for me

colorful coiled neck

Signed with what appears to be a "Ia" at top left

Androgynous Cast Plaster Head with Deep Part and Waved Hair, c. 1930s-40s? studio pottery weed vase Voorhees of San Francisco whoI found this one at my favorite treasure trove New Hampshire a family owned source of interesting things from across time and around the world, feeling like a cabinet of curiosities. I don't know anything about this plaster head's subject or maker, but it, and the hairstyle especially, feels very WPA era to me. (I really love those sculptural waves of hair running down the sides of the face.) With an androgynous quality to the face but quite