THE CEREMONIAL BEAR DANCER 

double boiler is painted over the model 
with a soft brush. The work is started 
at the lowest parts; each stroke of the 
brush leaves a film which immediately 
becomes hard; the painting or splashing 
of the paraffin is continued until about 
one-fourth of an inch is covered over the 
model. A coat of this thickness will re- 
sist any pressure from the plaster which 
at this stage is applied over the paraffin 
and in such thickness as to insure the safe 
handling of the mold. Before the plaster 
becomes entirely hard the threads are 
drawn to cut the mold into manageable 
parts as in the ordinary “piece mold.” 
In the matter of dressing the figures 
it was soon found that plaster alone was 
too brittle and that for clothing or objects 
of regalia each specimen must have a 
different treatment. Woven cloth and 
skins are copied in burlap or caracas cloth 
which, dipped in a warm solution of glue 
water, is hung upon the plaster figure 
and allowed to stiffen there after adjust- 
ment in a natural arrangement of folds 
corresponding to pose and action. This 
garment can then be covered with a mix- 
ture of plaster and glue, and almost any 
texture imitated by applying the sticky 
composition with a modeling tool or 
