Vintage African Hand Carved Wood Makonde Sculptures x 2
2 Vintage African hand carved Makonde sculptures originally from Africa. Highly detailed with numerous figures. The name Makonde art refers to East African sculptures or, less frequently, to modern paintings created by craftspeople or artists belonging to the Makonde people of northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania, separated by the Ruvuma River. This genre can be traced back to the 1930s, when the first documented exhibition of Makonde art was held at the Centro Cultural dos Novos in Mozam