plasteline

Propped on a wire stand on the wheel was a Neanderthal skull half covered with strips of pink plasteline.

Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981

She remained mute, but it took an act of rationalism to believe that plasteline was not soft flesh, that the blush of paint was not complexion, that glass couldn't see.

Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981

There was a glove on the chopping stump, and pink plasteline dust and a hair or two embedded in the wood.

Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981

The glass eyes, anchored in plasteline, bulged hysterically.

Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981

Overall, the interlace of pink plasteline strips and daubs both softened the starkness of her skull and made it as gruesome as a death mask.

Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981