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Place of Origin: Zimbabwean
A Fine and Rare Shona Knife and Sheath
Located in London, GB
A Fine and Rare Shona Knife and Sheath
Wood, steel, copper
Fine colour and patina
Zimabawe / Africa
19th Century
Size: 48cm long - 19 ins long (with scabbard)
42.5cm l...
Category
19th Century Antique Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Copper, Steel
African Tribal Art Fine Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa
Located in London, GB
A fine Zulu head rest neck rest South Africa
Raised on central pillars with geometric lozenge shaped carving all over.
Measures: 22 x 14 x 5 cm approx.
Period Early 20th century
Ex U...
Category
19th Century Antique Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A Rare Anthropomorphic Tsonga Headrest
Located in London, GB
A Rare Anthropomorphic Tsonga Headrest
An old paper label: ‘African Pillow Bt. Webster. Sep 1897. P.’
Fine colour and patina through use
Wood, pigment, paper label
Zimbabwe
19th...
Category
19th Century Antique Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
An Unusually Large and Fine Tsonga ‘Antelope’ Headrest
Located in London, GB
An Unusually Large and Fine Tsonga ‘Antelope’ Headrest
Wood, pigment, glass beads
Zimbabwe
19th Century
SIZE: 20cm high, 32cm wide - 8 ins high, 12½ ins wide
PROVENANCE:
Ex Pri...
Category
19th Century Antique Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Shona Stone Sculpture "Sheltering Soul" Norbert Shamuyarira (Zimbabwe, b. 1962)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An African Shona Stone Sculpture titled "Sheltering Soul" by Norbert Shamuyarira (Zimbabwean, Born 1962), depicting an abstract polished Shona stone figure of a crouched and bowing h...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
Early 20th Century Female Caryatid Stool
Located in London, GB
Supporting the flat, circular seat of this early twentieth-century stool from the Shona culture in Zimbabwe is a figurative sculpture of a sturdy-bodied female. The figure is depicte...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
African Tribal Art Fine Shona Neck Rest Head Rest
Located in London, GB
A fine shona head rest neck rest
Raised on a single central pillar finely carved with geometric designs
Shona Zimbabwe
Measures: Height 5 inches, width 6...
Category
19th Century Antique Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Modernist Carved Serpentine Stone African Shona Head on Iron Base Zimbabwe
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Standing 21 inches tall including the custom made iron base this Shona head is carved in Serpentine stone originating in Zimbabwe. It is carved in a strikingly modern way stylizing a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
Makonde Comb From Zimbabwe Bantu Tribe 'Smaller'
Located in Dallas, TX
This comb was fashioned in the hand carved, traditional Makonde style. This fertility comb features a pregnant woman. Generally, local carvers make only a belly and breast comb to be...
Category
Early 20th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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