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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9949992, member: 8267"]The small figure is probably a Makonde carving from Tanzania, depicting a shetani - a bush spirit. Makonde carvings are typically made using African blackwood, <i>Dalbergia melanoxylon</i>. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/makonde-art/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/makonde-art/" rel="nofollow">https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/makonde-art/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.zawadee.com/pages/search-results?q=shetani" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zawadee.com/pages/search-results?q=shetani" rel="nofollow">https://www.zawadee.com/pages/search-results?q=shetani</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The mask also looks like African blackwood, so it might also be Makonde. But I have not seen this style of thing from them before. Here is another, very similar -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1532336151/unique-vintage-african-tribal-wooden" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1532336151/unique-vintage-african-tribal-wooden" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/1532336151/unique-vintage-african-tribal-wooden</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9949992, member: 8267"]The small figure is probably a Makonde carving from Tanzania, depicting a shetani - a bush spirit. Makonde carvings are typically made using African blackwood, [I]Dalbergia melanoxylon[/I]. [URL]https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/makonde-art/[/URL] [URL]https://www.zawadee.com/pages/search-results?q=shetani[/URL] The mask also looks like African blackwood, so it might also be Makonde. But I have not seen this style of thing from them before. Here is another, very similar - [URL]https://www.etsy.com/listing/1532336151/unique-vintage-african-tribal-wooden[/URL][/QUOTE]
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