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Colleen Madamombe 49,
54–57
Agnes Nyanhongo
first generation 33, 34, 91 galleries 17, 25, 28, 31, 39, 44,
94, 111
history 16, 19
influence on world art 16, 46–48 inspiration/influences
African man 94
African masks 21
African village life 82
African women 54, 59, 87, 94 ancestors 35 anthropomorphism 25, 51 childhood stories 59
children 63 Christianity 21 cultural beliefs 33 culture 59 education 35 everyday life 102 family 91
magic 35
Mwari 35
myths/mythology 51, 91
oral stories 35
realism 23
relationships 82
rural beginnings 82
rural upbringing 59
roots 87
Shona women 56
spiritual beliefs/spirituality 33,
94
spirit world 35, 51
totem 35
traditional African beliefs 21 traditional culture 23, 59 traditional role 54, 56
traditions 59, 91 West Africa 21 Western ideals 33 wild animals 82 witchcraft 35
integrity 43, 63
international interest 111
legacy 21, 24, 51, 79, 107, 111 modern sculpture movement 21 origin 19
originality 25, 34, 39 perspective 22
process
carving 36, 38 collecting 43
delivery 15, 38 extraction (mining) 37 finding 37
polishing 38, 39 selecting 37
signature 39 smoothing 39
sourcing 37 transporting 15, 37, 38
promotion 13
quality 43, 25, 34, 38, 39, 43 quality control 25, 27 reproductions 39
stone
character 40 colours 40, 41, 42 durability 41 hardness 40, 41, 42 texture 41
stone, sources Chipinge 40
Chiweshe 40, 41 Concession 42 Guruve 42 Mutoko 41
Northern Great Dyke 41 Nyanga 37, 40, 70 Tengenenge 24, 51
stone, types of
butter jade 40
cobalt stone 40
fruit serpentine 42 fuchsite-based rock 42 granite 15, 41, 70 leopard stone 40, 70 lepidolite 41
opal stone 41
sedimentary rock 40 serpentine 24, 40, 41, 42, 51,
102 soapstone 19, 23 springstone 42 steatite 23 verdite 42
styles
abstract 48
angular 47 anthropomorphism 25, 51 clean-lined 94
comical 99
easy 94
geometrical (shapes) 48 idiosyncratic 99 multidimensional 63 mystical 33
natural 94
powerful 33
simple 59, 79
symmetrical 91 themes and subjects
activity 54
African man 94
animals 51, 59, 94, 102 body movements 54 breasts 51
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