plaster cast

Some of the most haunting relics of history are the plaster casts made of the people of Pompeii, Italy, who died during the massive eruption of Mount Vesuvius in CE 79 and left behind hollows in the solidified ash.

As one story goes, Bianca Jagger, impressed, once made a plaster cast of Mara's posterior.

And when he broke his wrist, the plaster cast made him even more effective, earning him the title of “The Claw.”

Sometimes we use a plaster cast, but the Cave-men knew nothing about such a way.

Opposite that, stood my plaster cast of Apollo Belvedere, as indicative of the god of song that reigned over my thoughts and life.

The bust she destroyed had been only the plaster cast; the piece-mould remained, and might be a cause of danger.

Motionless in his place, and white as a plaster cast, Maxence had witnessed this lamentable scene.

He was an irritable convalescent in a plaster cast, too nervous to be patient.