Fantastic, Large Old Folk Art Log Cabin with Wonderfully Carved Interlocking Beams and Chinking paper soldiers and with quite a proud

and with quite a proud presence that far exceeds its size

Brass and steel

and it looks very much like ancient Aksumite heads

this I believe would be referred to as a chazutsu

Fantastic, Large Old Folk Art Log Cabin with Wonderfully Carved Interlocking Beams and Chinking paper soldiers and with quite a proudI am in love with this thing, the super visceral presence and both visual and physical weight of which photos don't adequately capture. The fat, beautifully carved pentagonally shaped ends of the beams where they interlock at the corners completely does it for me (just look at them, SO juicy!), all the better for the chinking filling in the gaps between the beams as with a real log cabin. Wonderfully constructed, as solid and sturdy as they come, and