Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Stone Carvings of Owls from Zimbabwe, Africa

Zimbabwe

Stone Carvings
Photo: D. Allen 

This postcard was postmarked in 1993 with two Zimbabwe stamps.  

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These African stone sculptures are known as Shona sculpture or Zimbabwe Shona sculpture because they are hand carved by the Shona of Zimbabwe. The Shona people of Zimbabwe have been hand sculpting stone into works of art for nearly a thousand years.

Zimbabwe stamp 1990
Wildlife
Black Rhinoceros, 9 c
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Zimbabwe stamp 1985
National Infrastructure
Mbira, A Musical Instrument
$ 1

 

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