“ The Drummer”

A one-of-a-kind original sculpture by Cheryl Bollenbach

 17 inches                                                                                             

The Drummer is dressed in clothing typical of the early to mid 1800’s. He wears a bonnet of pigeon feathers that have been cut down and hand painted to resemble eagle feathers. He carries a hand-painted drum of stretched leather and a drum stick. His tunic and pants are also hand painted leather and copied from miniature patterns of clothing from the time period. The clothing and moccasins have been decorated with stips of hand-painted “quill work”.

His head, hands and feet are sculpted of polymer clay that has been hand-painted with meticulous detail in fine acrylic paint.  The fabric body has been needle sculpted over a wire armature. He has a Mohair wig and a solid wood stand.