Large Carved Modern Stone Sculpture, Presumed Mid-Century Shona peg leg stool at odds with the monogram

at odds with the monogram

handmade and handpainted with 24k gold accents

I rather love it just as a head though--great in form with this super long pointy beak

I took a few of the photographs of it upside down

who has been creating paintings

Large Carved Modern Stone Sculpture, Presumed Mid-Century Shona peg leg stool at odds with the monogramI really don't know much about this sculpture, but I think it's quite an elegant, evocative and finely done piece, and it reminded me of how infrequently I find modern sculpture of a substantial scale that I really like when I am out hunting for things. My guess is that it is a Shona sculpture referring to the modern movement of carved stone sculpture from Zimbabwe that began in the mid 20th century, which grew and derived its name from the Shona