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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11240293, member: 8267&quot;]Interesting little object. It looks like she may have originally had a head pegged on. According to AI, a specific gravity of 2.31 is within the range of some limestones.</p><p><br /></p><p>The breaks look more like stone than pottery, but she might be terracotta. She looks quite classical in style. Going out on a limb, here - she looks somewhat similar to Roman era terracotta figures depicting Venus -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]539215[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]539216[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venus-statue-garbage-dump-brittany-france-inrap-2278066" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venus-statue-garbage-dump-brittany-france-inrap-2278066" rel="nofollow">https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venus-statue-garbage-dump-brittany-france-inrap-2278066</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient Romans did engage in trade along the east African coast as far as Zanzibar and Tanzania.</p><p><br /></p><p>She is well worn, which could be evidence of erosion in the sea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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