Carved Stick

Subject: Re: Carved Stick Wed Mar 05, 2014 1:51 pm

Hi Steve
Made on mass in Kenya, sorry if you paid a lot for it! The same figure is used on sticks salt and pepper pots and a host of other items. The tourist markets are flooded with them.
Cheers Mate

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Thanks Springy - not a major item of expenditure I'm pleased to say.

Steve

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any clue on this little lady? she's
carved from a single piece of a
hardwood, very heavy, ive had her
over thirty years..would love to
know what part of Africa she came
from. seems to have some age..

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Subject: Re: Carved Stick Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:14 pm

Les
Ive seen similar in Mombasa.

Cheers

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Many thanks Frank..Kenya eh second largest
city. feels like a tribal piece, but i don't know!
if you have the time how about these two.the
lady is 8 ins high very heavy, looks like an
ebony hard wood, and the man is about 6 ins
high made of stone, really very heavy a bit
like granite, the isiCoco was made by myself
using a rubber hoover belt, suitably aged over
time. cheers mate xhosa

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Hi Xhosa,
IMO Masai. Stature and leg ornamentation seems to support that.

regards

barry.

PS; if it were not for the ornamentation could be Amathonga ( n.e. Zululand south of Mocambique border)

Subject: Re: Carved Stick Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:33 am

Les.
Time to put my head on a block. (no pun intended ).
In the valley of the kings there is a farm called Maweni. I really don't know if it still exists, its years since I was in that area. Anyway there were a family of carvers on that site and the one head looks so close to the work they produced.
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This one of mine from that area.
But there again mate Im no expert.

Cheers

Need to add, the stone is most probably Soap Stone.

Subject: Re: Carved Stick Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:34 am

Sorry Les should have added the female looks very Kenya, Masai. Would agree with Barry on the others.

Cheers

Guest

Thanks lads.. great breadth of knowledge!
yes Masai i agree, see what you mean
springbok about the similarity in the carving
but your piece looks huge! very nice.xhosa

Subject: Re: Carved Stick Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:58 pm

Less
Its around 18 inches high. We bought it on a family trip to Natal, my daughter dubbed it 'headache' that was around twenty years ago, its remained that ever since. Weighs around 12 kilo so I took it on board as hand luggage on the way back and pretended it was light as a feather, nearly broke my bloody shoulder bag and shoulder.

Cheers

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Cheers for that mate, ive just got home and
hearing about ' headache ' made me grin! i
cant believe you took that on as hand luggage!.