Young Caeser (?) Painted Plaster Bust with Metal Laurel Crown Shipibo bowl and for the great combo

and for the  great combo of colors all together

and any loose seams were lovingly mended long ago--she's super solid and sound

No wonder that the pottery of this region is regarded as among the most beautiful in South America

I'm always on the hunt for interesting whimsies carved from one piece of wood

4 1/4" x 3 5/8" on wove

Young Caeser (?) Painted Plaster Bust with Metal Laurel Crown Shipibo bowl and for the great comboI have no idea the story behind this plaster bust, but I think it's wonderful. I love how completely androgynous the figure is, who I take for a young Roman, perhaps Julius Caesar himself, crowned with metal laurel wreath but really I think it could be anyone one wants, and without the crown reminds me a lot of an old Santos figure. The figure's face itself transforms a little, too, depending on point of view, so he, or she, or they, remain always a