Modern Art male female small sculpture figurine Help ID signature

These pieces are approximately 5 1/2"tall. I am not sure but the material looks like stone.
Help ID
Thanks
Mugz

 

more better images

 

The mark on the bottom says Etienne. A French surname? Or it is also sometimes a given name?

 

Thanks Bakergma

 

looks to me like Shona stone carvings......

 

BUT,,,,with that French name........& the way the arm is folded back up to the neck....... Maybe...Haiti..

 

u can see i'm hedging my bets....

 

I wonder if there's any chance it's this guy:

Born in Grenoble in 1952, French sculptor Étienne Pirot, aka Étienne, spent his childhood and his youth in the "Dauphiné" province. He went to University in Ottawa (Canada) and back in France, he obtained a degree in plastic arts in Marseille. Then he became a student at the "Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts" in Paris and an art teacher from 1974-1976.

He used marble, stone and wood in his first works but soon opted for bronze as the material enables him to play with solid and hollow forms.
http://www.askart.com/artist/Etienne_Pirot/11145098/Etienne_Pirot.aspx


image from:
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-...2-la-mere-et-l-enfant-1971-bo-70-c-2f64f4a85d

 

no chance

 

Here is his own website, you can see that the signature and the work of Etienne Pirot is a long way from those two items, is this broken under the head of the 6th picture, looks like molded material retracted ?
It's the sort of decorative items we see on all "vide-greniers" without any indication of provenance, sorry.

 

I was unable to find his signature by clicking around on his website?

 

It's since the opening page with his name written everywhere in front of you…

 

@Lecollectionneur that's just a fancy typestyle to advertise his website, not necessarily his "signature" lol.

 

And I LOVED this one.....SO EASY to fill in the negative parts!!!!! I didn't find a bigger better image, but also did not see his website!!!!


And from his website I just saw......either stainless or chrome!!!!!

 

that looks close enuf...

 

I do not concur....that E to the T is no typeset I've ever seen....
I'd say it looks more like a siggy !!

 

Siggy that a new one for me. Interesting links, Thanks Everyone. Is there anyone who do not concur that it's a Siggy.