Ethiopian Terra Cotta Head Fragment, Aksumite? tramp art jewelry box includes two hot and cold

includes two hot and cold thermoses

and especially the bleeding blue and black of the eyes

Basketry pin cushion measures 1 3/8" across

and think they would be a really wonderful thing to build a collection of and hang salon style as a grouping

which is rendered from a wonky perspective

Ethiopian Terra Cotta Head Fragment, Aksumite? tramp art jewelry box includes two hot and coldI 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