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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 6039618, member: 8267&quot;]Several groups in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique) make carvings such as these for sale to tourists, Makonde among the earliest (1930s on), with the Kamba, Kikuyu and Maasai beginning post WWII. Any might depict different tribal types popular with tourists.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Makonde are known for working with African Blackwood, a dense, dark colored species. The Kamba and others tend to work with softer, lighter colored woods.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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