My father has 3 wall hangings of what he thinks are geisha girls. Two of them measure approx 16 inches tall/28 inches wide and the large one is 24 inches tall and 40 inches wide. Obviously they are a set, he thinks they tell a story. The girls are made out of what I would call a cheap plastic....at least one of them is broken. Anyways, he was wondering if anyone knew anything about them. How old they are, what they are, any kind of value, etc. Here are pics and thanks in advance.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/vickinb/geisha4.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/vickinb/geisha3.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/vickinb/geisha2.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/vickinb/geisha1.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/vickinb/geisha.jpg
2006-06-16 07:31:32 · 5 answers · asked by chacha2day 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
it could not hurt to find a dealer and have them looked at how long has he owned them? where did he get them from? are they made of wood? I don't think the geisha girls are made of plastic there is something in China (I think) that is used for these purposes but it is not plastic and it is delicate. I think he might have something here and besides beauty is in the eye of the beholder ! They are pretty
2006-06-16 07:48:15 · answer #1 · answered by theresa l 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you actually paid attention to the movie, it never really endorses the idea of geishas being prostitutes. A geisha who sleeps with a man is a disgraced geisha. They consider showing their wrists to be a treat to the man. Doesn't sound like prostitution to me. Geishas are actually a kind of artist who go through strict training to become so. It's an insult to think of them as prostitutes.
2016-05-19 21:21:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They look like something you could get from a asian market , you can find all sorts of trinkets and stuff like this for relatively cheap. I would say they have absolutely no value but your father should enjoy them simply for the fact they are pretty.
2006-06-16 07:38:38 · answer #3 · answered by jennanna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have the same hairstyle and dress as giesha girls. Look at these images of 'Giesha Girls' from Yahoo Image search...
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=Geisha+Girls&sp=1&fr2=sp-top&ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&ei=UTF-8&SpellState=n-818619837_q-fRGZTiOUA4m97UJt.kR8/AABAA@@
2006-06-16 07:42:20 · answer #4 · answered by FreddyBoy1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw away the oriental garbage.
Of course when I say "oriental garbage" that is being redundant!
2006-06-28 06:02:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋