Ethiopian Terra Cotta Head Fragment, Aksumite? shoe shaped also not visible

also not visible

attaching to the rotating platform upon which the couple stand--by turning it manually

I also love its simultaneous gracefulness  and awkwardness--a body built for gliding through the water

Graphite on natural colored construction-type paper

Ethiopian Terra Cotta Head Fragment, Aksumite? shoe shaped also not visibleI cannot authenticate the age or authenticity of this head, which I purchased just because I really like it, but I do know if came from Ethiopia, and it looks very much like ancient Aksumite heads, examples of which I've included in photos. (Aksum was an ancient Ethiopian kingdom that spanned what are now Eritrea, northern Ethiopia, much of eastern Sudan and southern eastern Yemen.) The interior of the neck is shows texture, as if molded over a wooden