Snapshot of Charles-Albert Despiau's Little Peasant Girl Bust with Fingerprints (Presumed Captured on Vitrine Glass) red orange He doesn't stand quite sturdy

He doesn't stand quite sturdy on his own so just needs something to lean slightly against

I don't know enough to identify the tribe with certainty

with one ding to the edge of one side

Flag itself measures 12 1/8" t x 18" w

A perfect box for sewing supplies

Snapshot of Charles-Albert Despiau's Little Peasant Girl Bust with Fingerprints (Presumed Captured on Vitrine Glass) red orange He doesn't stand quite sturdyI do believe this old snapshot is my favorite find of the week another in which multiple dimensions of time and portraiture converge. The head pictured is a sculpture by Charles Albert Despiau (French, 1874 1946), an assistant to Rodin in addition to a well recognized sculptor himself. There are several versions of this "Little Peasant Girl" including a plaster model now in the collection of the Met, and a bronze (this one I believe) at least once