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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9605343, member: 8267"]The first carving is a typical and common souvenir from Kenya, probably made of African Blackwood by an artist of the Kamba tribe. The lion is also typical Kamba work. </p><p><a href="https://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/kamba/arts.htm#:~:text=The%20Kamba%20are%20nowadays%20most,Tanzania)%20during%20World%20War%20I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/kamba/arts.htm#:~:text=The%20Kamba%20are%20nowadays%20most,Tanzania)%20during%20World%20War%20I" rel="nofollow">https://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/kamba/arts.htm#:~:text=The Kamba are nowadays most,Tanzania) during World War I</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last 2 stone items are made of varieties of kisii stone, a type of soapstone found in Kenya. They are also a common type of contemporary souvenir.</p><p><a href="https://blog.culturalelements.com/what-is-african-kisii-soapstone/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://blog.culturalelements.com/what-is-african-kisii-soapstone/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.culturalelements.com/what-is-african-kisii-soapstone/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to see more, and closer, views of the second small sculpture - front, back, and profile - before giving an opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9605343, member: 8267"]The first carving is a typical and common souvenir from Kenya, probably made of African Blackwood by an artist of the Kamba tribe. The lion is also typical Kamba work. [URL]https://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/kamba/arts.htm#:~:text=The%20Kamba%20are%20nowadays%20most,Tanzania)%20during%20World%20War%20I[/URL]. The last 2 stone items are made of varieties of kisii stone, a type of soapstone found in Kenya. They are also a common type of contemporary souvenir. [URL]https://blog.culturalelements.com/what-is-african-kisii-soapstone/[/URL] I would like to see more, and closer, views of the second small sculpture - front, back, and profile - before giving an opinion.[/QUOTE]
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