Ethiopian Terra Cotta Head Fragment, Aksumite? kitchen containers And dates to the late

And dates to the late 19th century

) These are closely based on the famous Rider-Waite tarot deck

I at least would stash it away and just use this as a vase

though I do think it is fairly old and might date to around the same time (1929)

I really like the combination of strong straight lines on the black-painted structure with the unpainted zig zag chip-carved decoration inside and in between

Ethiopian Terra Cotta Head Fragment, Aksumite? kitchen containers And dates to the lateI 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