mannequin heads

Hello everyone, i have found these two baked clay mannequin heads and wondered if anyone knows more about them.

 

Would make great hat displays.

 

Both carry the same number sequence? But not quite life-sized, are they? (In which case, not mannequin heads.)

Debora

 

They are life size i think 30 cm high and have consecutive numbers 23797 and 24797 and in black number 11 and 12.

 

this is also a mannequin head on the internet with the same holes around the neck.

 

They look like they could be quite heavy. Are they? Also, are the bottoms essentially flat?

 

yes they are heavy and the bottoms are not quite flat but more oval or dome shaped. don´t know the english word.

 

Well I love them ! So delightfully funky !

 

yes i love them also, very funky. can´t find anything on the internet

 

From the square socket on the bottom, it looks like they were supported on a square post, either of wood or metal. The holes around the edge may have been used to attach clothes, rather than attaching the heads to a mannequin body. Perhaps they were heads for some type of effigy?

 

yes it could be that the heads are form a procession figure like a holy person. like this one: https://chrisholmesantiques.co.uk/p...al-madonna-late-18th-slash-early-19th-century

 

Very interesting idea (although Mary is typically depicted with anguish.)

Debora

 

yes that's true but these heads are male i think. are there any male holy persons?

 

Hum... Well, to start there's that fellow named Jesus.

Debora

 

curious heads that's for sure

 

Aren't we all?

 

Could be Catalan gegant heads. They’re European.

Parades do include smaller child sized figures.

 

most catalan are from papier mache, or are some from clay also?

 

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/head-of-a-procession-figure-3012-c-5a44840824

 

Given the crossed 7, I would assume they're European. What country were they found in?

Debora