Shona Tribe Cobalt Stone Elephant ~31.5" Tall

Dimensions: H:31.5" W:34.3" L:27.6" Weight: 253.0 lbs. Cobalt Elephant Sculpture – This beautiful stone sculpture carved from cobalt stone will add a graceful focal point to your home and garden with its natural color, tactile surface, and flowing lines. These African stone sculptures are known as Shona sculptures because they are hand carved by Zimbabwean Shona sculptors. Zimbabwe is well-known for its stone sculpture all around the world.   About the Tribe The Shona ethnic group is indigenous to Southern Africa, primarily Zimbabwe, but there are significant Shona populations in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Mozambique. In Zimbabwe, the Shona people make up most of the population. Stone sculpture and mbira music have made them famous around the world (mbira: an instrument made of a hollow gourd with metal reeds that the player plucks). This tribe is believed to be responsible for the construction of several ancient stone wall sites in Zimbabwe. Great Zimbabwe, an 800-hectare cit