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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 351767, member: 301"][ATTACH=full]119400[/ATTACH] Both nice....the smaller one is superior , but both could be by the same hand....or same family.</p><p>There are some African stone carvings by certain artists that go for big money...too bad these aren't signed.......they should be !!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Henry Munyaradzi</b> was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe" rel="nofollow">Zimbabwean</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculptor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculptor" rel="nofollow">sculptor</a>. The sculptural movement of which he was part is usually referred to as "Shona sculpture" (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shona_art" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shona_art" rel="nofollow">Shona art</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_Zimbabwe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_Zimbabwe" rel="nofollow">Art of Zimbabwe</a>), although some of its recognised members are not ethnically <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shona_people" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shona_people" rel="nofollow">Shona</a>. He worked initially at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tengenenge_Sculpture_Community&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tengenenge_Sculpture_Community&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">Tengenenge Sculpture Community</a>, 150 km north of Harare near Guruve, which he joined in 1967. In that Community, and ultimately in the wider world of lovers of Zimbabwean art, he was known simply as 'Henry'.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 351767, member: 301"][ATTACH=full]119400[/ATTACH] Both nice....the smaller one is superior , but both could be by the same hand....or same family. There are some African stone carvings by certain artists that go for big money...too bad these aren't signed.......they should be !! [B]Henry Munyaradzi[/B] was a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe']Zimbabwean[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculptor']sculptor[/URL]. The sculptural movement of which he was part is usually referred to as "Shona sculpture" (see [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shona_art']Shona art[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_Zimbabwe']Art of Zimbabwe[/URL]), although some of its recognised members are not ethnically [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shona_people']Shona[/URL]. He worked initially at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tengenenge_Sculpture_Community&action=edit&redlink=1']Tengenenge Sculpture Community[/URL], 150 km north of Harare near Guruve, which he joined in 1967. In that Community, and ultimately in the wider world of lovers of Zimbabwean art, he was known simply as 'Henry'.[/QUOTE]
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