
Title | Shona Stone Mother and Child Zimbabwe African Art |
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Type of Object | Stone sculpture |
Country of Origin | Zimbabwe |
People | Shona |
Materials | Carved, polished stone |
Approximate Age | Contemporary |
Height (in) | 9.5 |
Width (in) | 4.5 |
Overall Condition | Good. |
Additional Information: All Shona sculpture was made after 1965. Frank McEwan, an Englishman, who was director of the Rhodes National Gallerey in what was then Southern Rhodesia, began a school in 1956, and in 1965 encouraged the students, who had been painting, to move to stone. I have a huge collection of Shona pieces in rapocco, green and black serpentine, leopard rock, and verdite--some are four feet tall!