Bidspirit auction | G. Mangena Shona Verdite Sculpture

G. Mangena Shona Verdite Sculpture - A modern Shona stone sculpture hand-carved by artist G. Mangena from green verdite. This sculpture is from Zimbabwe, crafted by the Shona people as part of their renowned contemporary stone-sculpture tradition The piece is a stylized, semi-abstract bust featuring a tilted face with sharp, geometric features and a large, sweeping form representing a headdress or hair. It is carved from a mottled green stone matrix with varied yellowish-brown inclusions, polished to a smooth, waxy finish across the main body. The artist's signature is hand-incised in white characters along the side of the lower base, reading G. MANGENA. The sculpture stands on an integral, rough-hewn base with a textured, pockmarked surface left unpolished at the very bottom. Height: Approximately 5.5 inches.