Ukama: Mother and Child Shona Sculpture atmospheric art Made out of Cow bone

Made out of Cow bone

in Atlanta after a confrontation in a Wendy's parking lot

Guidance is a Heavenly Visions Figurine of a black male angel pointing with his hand and one of his wings

allowing it to align perfectly with the essence of Christmas

and the world simply by being herself

Ukama: Mother and Child Shona Sculpture atmospheric art Made out of Cow boneThere is no bond older than this one. A mother leans over her child, arms curved into a shelter, and the two shapes wind together until you cannot say where one ends and the other begins. The Ukama Mother and Child sculpture comes from Zimbabwe, hand carved from rapoka, a warm reddish brown serpentine found in local deposits. The artist works it with simple hand held chisels, then finishes the piece the traditional way: sanded smooth, warmed over