Another Native American Bust?

I have another Indian Head Bust. It is marked on the back with a copyright symbol then TCM and then I think 90 after that. Or maybe I am missing some numbers? I am just wondering if anyone know anything about this. Is it even considered a bust because I looked up TCM and that is Turner Classic Movies. So I am wondering was it a movie prop because I am not having any luck finding this exact statue/bust/prop.

 

It seems to be a metal of some sort maybe. It's fairly lightweight. Is there a lightweight plaster because the inside of it is white?

 

Why do you think it might have been a movie prop? I don't understand the thought that because you can't find another one online that it was a movie prop.

Yes it does appear to qualify to be called a bust, although it certainly is oddly shaped - no arms, only partial chest.

 

What do you mean "inside of it" ? Is there an opening on the bottom? Can you show a picture of it please?

 

I thought a movie prop because of TCM which is Turner Classic Movie company. Here is a picture of the bottom/inside of the piece.

 

Turner Classic Movies does not make movies they show old classic movies on TV.

 

Okay. I am of the belief that this yet another "hobbyist" project item.

 

If it was a "hobbyist" project, why would it have a copyright?

 

Chalkware/plaster covered with a 'bronzing' agent, perhaps paint.

 

The copyright protects the design.

 

That's what I was thinking to some type of plaster but then it doesn't really sound like plaster. The bottom lip is thin. There are no "seams".

 

copyright of the company making the unfinished item, then sold to people who paint/finish them to their liking.

 

My boyfriend was helping research and found that it's not Turner Classic Movies but Tesoro Ceramic Molds. They were a short lived company in Texas. They made ceramic slip molds and these busts. The 90 is part of the mold number.