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Varieties of Art Pieces:
head,
bust, figure, panel,plaque, bed, table, pipe,
horn, metal, ostrich egg, tribal mask, abstract
sculpture, sickle, candle holder, door, &
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Shona Type of Art
 Out
of all the earthen nations in Africa, the large
varieties and abundant supplies of rock formations
present throughout the Zimbabwe landscape have provided
artists with a medium for sculptures and carvings
unique to their country. The sculpture of Zimbabwe
combines the wonderful varieties presented by the
different types of stone with the images drawn both
from everyday reality and from the abstract symbolism
of tribal culture.
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FACTOID: Although wood is the best-known
medium of African sculpture, many others are employed:
copper alloys, iron, ivory, pottery, unfired clay,
and, infrequently, stone. Unfired clay is and probably
always was and still is the most widely used medium
in the whole continent. But, partly because it is
so fragile and therefore difficult to collect, it
has been largely ignored in literature & international
trade.
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