Beautifully Hand-sculpted Terra Cotta Bust good news I am fairly certain is

I am fairly certain is Navajo based on other examples out there of similarly constructed and painted owls and other animals

Backs are blanks

church and what I believe is town hall

It was made in two panels

Beautifully Hand-sculpted Terra Cotta Bust good news I am fairly certain isTotal love at first sight with this one, hand sculpted of terra cotta and fabulous all the way around, revealing different aspects of itself gradually. I find it quite elusive; I am not certain if representing a man or a woman, with the fantastically sculptural hair perhaps suggesting the latter, but the face looking somewhat more masculine to me, perhaps Latino. In any case, what a striking, strong face, with the slight cock of the head, wide open