Art Out of Africa
History of African Shona Stone

 

Shona stone art is an African art product of the Shona people from South Africa. The Shona people are a cluster of peoples located in a region of the southern African plateau, mostly from ZIMBABWE and a part of MOZAMBIQUE 

African Shona Stone sculpture is carved from a locally obtained stone called serpentine or soapstone and comes in many different colors and patterns. Each sculpture is hand carved and no two Shona stone sculptures are the same.

 

Our African art Shona stone sculptures come directly from South Africa and was sculpted by native Shona people using only hand tools of their making, open fires to heat the Shona stone sculpture, and bees wax to smooth and polish the stone. The sale of our Shona stone sculptures directly benefits the Shona people by providing jobs for them to make a living.