Large Carved Modern Stone Sculpture, Presumed Mid-Century Shona letter signs with light wear and aging

with light wear and aging to the wood

heavy and substantial

The texts on the back drop lots of period references such as this

There appear to be a couple of little holes in the coat--original to its making

to men shooting the breeze next to the buggy filled with bags of coal (

Large Carved Modern Stone Sculpture, Presumed Mid-Century Shona letter signs with light wear and agingI 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