Sun And Moon
Tanyanyiwa Nyandoro

Cobalt Stone

80cm (h)
35cm (w)
13cm (d)

£895

Full title is:
"Zuva rabuda kune mwedzi mutete"

Which translates as:
"The sun comes out when the moon gets thin"

Cobalt stone is the local Zimbabwean name given to this predominantly purple type of serpentine. It does not, as far as we know, contain any cobalt but it may originally have been found near a cobalt mine. Nowadays, it is mined near Chiweshe, in northern Zimbabwe.