A Painted Plaster Bust of “Mok the Western Lowland Gorilla”; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews is a type of surface

is a type of surface embroidery using wool

what with the very precise mounting

with the black japanning having taken on a lustrous patina

make one think it would have been hanging at all times and these would also have aided its transportation

A Painted Plaster Bust of “Mok the Western Lowland Gorilla”; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews is a type of surfaceOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930 35Height: 18Width: 22Depth: 14 (all at extremities)The painted plaster model or bust of "Mok the Western Lowland Gorilla", by Frederick Thomas Daws (1878 1956), realistically modelled and hand painted in life size, survives from the second quarter of the twentieth century in untouched condition. Remaining in sound overall condition the piece has some very small areas of loss to his