Animals
A
variety of animals find home
in Zimbabwe, a country blessed with an incredible bounty of natural
splendor.
Animals are represented as part of sophisticated social customs and
beliefs
that incorporate animals into the clan relationship of the greater
extended
family. Acknowledging the family through the use of totems ensures
genetic
diversity. People recognize the positive qualities of their totem (or mutupo)
and never eat or kill the totem animal, thereby showing honor to their
family.
A sampling of animal carvings available are the zizi
(owl), the mvuu
(hippo), the dacha (frog), the rwavhi
(chameleon), the kamba
(tortoise), the twiza (giraffe), and the zhon
(elephant).
Please contact
us (bridges@ancient-ways.org)
to confirm your carving is in stock before ordering! Priced
by weight.
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