Ukama: Mother and Child Shona Sculpture Size:4 inches Edition Size: 135 pieces

Edition Size: 135 pieces

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Ukama: Mother and Child Shona Sculpture Size:4 inches Edition Size: 135 piecesThere is no bond older than this one. A mother leans over her child, arms curved into a shelter, and the two shapes wind together until you cannot say where one ends and the other begins. The Ukama Mother and Child sculpture comes from Zimbabwe, hand carved from rapoka, a warm reddish brown serpentine found in local deposits. The artist works it with simple hand held chisels, then finishes the piece the traditional way: sanded smooth, warmed over