Preening My Feathers - Original | Shona Sculpture

Preening My Feathers, a beautiful hand carved sculpture made from Springstone.

Handmade by artist Peter Chidzonga. Shona sculpture is a modern movement of stone carved sculpture created in Zimbabwe. It gets its name from the 'Shona' tribe of people (actually a mixture of many similar tribes with closely related language and culture) who are the largest in Zimbabwe.

Springstone – an exceptionally hard, dark serpentinite stone. Springstone is found in the Tengenenge region of Zimbabwe