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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 10681709, member: 8267"]The stone looks similar to that used by Shona carvers in Zimbabwe. Chess sets have been a popular tourist/export product from east African countries, using a variety of stones. Depictions of birds are particularly significant in Zimbabwe, inspired by a series of large bird carvings found at the site of Great Zimbabwe. One of the birds from Great Zimbabwe has been adopted as a symbol of the modern country, and appears on their flag.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.randafricanart.com/Shona_stone_carvings.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.randafricanart.com/Shona_stone_carvings.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.randafricanart.com/Shona_stone_carvings.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_Bird" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_Bird" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_Bird</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Reproductions of the birds from Great Zimbabwe are popular subjects, in a variety of sizes. Here is a larger one that resembles the head of your bird -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533635[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://avacarts.com/product/zimbabwe-bird-hungwe/?srsltid=AfmBOopPUEUoMr9VZC3sTF9mbwuoJ4vXr7F0P79Dd66BSoOL1OXbLk0K" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://avacarts.com/product/zimbabwe-bird-hungwe/?srsltid=AfmBOopPUEUoMr9VZC3sTF9mbwuoJ4vXr7F0P79Dd66BSoOL1OXbLk0K" rel="nofollow">https://avacarts.com/product/zimbabwe-bird-hungwe/?srsltid=AfmBOopPUEUoMr9VZC3sTF9mbwuoJ4vXr7F0P79Dd66BSoOL1OXbLk0K</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The crest on your bird may just be a representation of a crown. I have not found an actual species of bird from the region that has a similar crest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 10681709, member: 8267"]The stone looks similar to that used by Shona carvers in Zimbabwe. Chess sets have been a popular tourist/export product from east African countries, using a variety of stones. Depictions of birds are particularly significant in Zimbabwe, inspired by a series of large bird carvings found at the site of Great Zimbabwe. One of the birds from Great Zimbabwe has been adopted as a symbol of the modern country, and appears on their flag. [URL]https://www.randafricanart.com/Shona_stone_carvings.html[/URL] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_Bird[/URL] Reproductions of the birds from Great Zimbabwe are popular subjects, in a variety of sizes. Here is a larger one that resembles the head of your bird - [ATTACH=full]533635[/ATTACH] [URL]https://avacarts.com/product/zimbabwe-bird-hungwe/?srsltid=AfmBOopPUEUoMr9VZC3sTF9mbwuoJ4vXr7F0P79Dd66BSoOL1OXbLk0K[/URL] The crest on your bird may just be a representation of a crown. I have not found an actual species of bird from the region that has a similar crest.[/QUOTE]
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