Makonde Chair - Tanzania 242.2 miniature life At a generous 60cm diameter

At a generous 60cm diameter it has real sculptural presence

29cm diameter × 3cm deep

she coils and pinches each piece by hand and draws on the fynbos of the Cape

Self-irrigating via clever capillary action — no water waste

Makonde Chair - Tanzania 242.2 miniature life At a generous 60cm diameterHand carved wooden chair. The Makonde are an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Across Tanzania many different groups of people make similar chairs with the back, seat and legs all carved from one piece of wood. They are usually made in an upright style with incised design and this one has hands carved into the back rest with a sculptured head surmounting the backrest. This represents an ancestor who may be called upon for