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MOONHEAD
By Nicholas Tandi
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Material: Butter Jade
Dimensions: H6”xW8”xD10”
Centuries ago in Zimbabwe, a king (also known as the Ramambo or Monomatapa) decided that he wanted to capture the moon. Hundreds of workers built a many-storied trestle, higher and higher . . . . . . until it collapsed, killing many people.
The King was deposed, and the Shona people still remember the event today; the moon reminds them never to reach for the impossible.
Nicholas Tandi originated these whimsical Moonheads to memorialize this story of Shona heritage. He carves this Moonhead in Butter Jade.
