Shona Stone Sculpture – Giraffe

$3,000.00

Delicious Up High
Shona Sculpture
Zimbabwe, Africa
circa 1980’s to early 1990’s

height:        109 cm
width (front on):     57 cm
depth:        18 cm
Sculpture is worth $2800. All offers considered.
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Description

Delicious Up High is delicacy in stone.  It features an elegant Giraffe in a combination of polished, etched and natural stone surfaces employed skilfully to create this unique piece.
Delicious Up High is a sculpture that will enhance all surroundings and complement your décor for home, corporation, entertaining, outdoor living or in the garden.

Shona Culture:
The Shona people of Zimbabwe have hand sculpted stone into works of art for nearly a thousand years, during which the style has continually evolved with beauty and elegance.  The contemporary, yet eternal, shape of these sculptures bring splendour to the home and compliment any decor.  The themes these sculptures portray represent esteemed values in the Shona culture of family, love, life and nature.

 Stone Properties and Uniqueness:
The majority of stone used in Zimbabwean sculpture are locally sourced and belong to the geological family Serpentine.  They are sedimentary, having originally been laid down on a sandy seafloor.  Through exposure to intense heat and pressure over hundreds of millions of years has transformed them into hard and heavy stone rich in iron.  Colours range from black and green to yellows, orange, grey, red, and even purple.  Each piece is unique, both in the expression made by the sculptor’s hands and in the natural multi-coloured patterns in the rock.

Spiritual properties of the stone:
These incredible stone carvers hold firm to the belief that every stone and everything has a life spirit.  It is that ‘life spirit’ that influences what sculpture that stone will become.  Many artists believe that it is their job to “release the spirit from the stone”.

Circa – Creative Tragedy:
In 1987, Robert Mugabe became President of Zimbabwe.  He revised the Constitution and brutally eliminated any opposition.  By the early 1990’s, many artists had been either killed or fled to neighbouring South Africa.  Sadly, many of these mostly male artists contracted AIDS, and the world lost much of that generation of sculptors, artists and artisans.

This Shona sculpture was created around this time of great cultural upheaval.

phone: 0416 026 426
Delivery can be arranged with costs to be the buyers responsibility.

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