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In 1889 a European hunter, Willi Posselt, travelled to Great Zimbabwe after hearing about it from another European explorer, Karl Mauch. He climbed to the highest point of the ruins despite being told that it was a sacred site where he should not trespass, and found the birds positioned in the centre
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The colonists erroneously attributed Great Zimbabwe to ancient Mediterranean builders, believing native Africans to be incapable of constructing such a complex structure; thus in Rhodes' mind, as a 1932 guidebook put it, it was "a favourite symbol of the link between the order civilisation derived
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Each one, including its plinth, had been hewn out of a solid block of stone and measured 4 feet 6 inches in height; and each was set firmly into the ground. There was also a stone shaped like a millstone and about 18 inches in diameter, with a number of figures carved in the
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bird sculptures, about 40 centimetres (16 inches) tall and standing on columns more than 90 cm (3 ft) tall, which were originally installed on walls and monoliths within the city. They are unique to Great Zimbabwe; nothing like them has been discovered elsewhere.
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Various explanations have been advanced to explain the symbolic meaning of the birds. One suggestion is that each bird was erected in turn to represent a new king, but this would have required improbably long reigns. More probably, the Zimbabwe birds represent sacred or
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Posselt compensated Andizibi with a payment of blankets and "some other articles". As the bird on its pedestal was too heavy for him to carry, he hacked it off and hid the pedestal with the intention of returning later to retrieve it. He subsequently sold his bird to
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The Zimbabwe bird has been a symbol of Zimbabwe and its predecessor states since 1924. The crest of Southern Rhodesia's coat of arms incorporated the Zimbabwe bird, and over time the bird became a widespread symbol of the colony. The paper money and coins of the
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I selected the best specimen of the bird stones, the beaks of the remainder being damaged, and decided to dig it out. But while doing so, Andizibi and his followers became very excited and rushed around with their guns and
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In 1981, a year after the attainment of independence in Zimbabwe, the South African government returned four of the sculptures to the country in exchange for a world-renowned collection of
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from the North or the East and the savage barbarism of Southern and Central Africa before the advent of the European." Bent attributed the birds, wholly erroneously, to the
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with Matenga (2001) listing over 100 state, corporate and sporting organisations which incorporate the Bird in their emblems and logos.
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Rhodes' acquisition of Posselt's bird prompted him to commission an investigation of the Great Zimbabwe ruins by
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Great Zimbabwe (11th–15th century) | Thematic Essay | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Paul Sinclair (2001). "Review: The Soapstone Birds of Great Zimbabwe Symbols of a Nation by Edward Matenga".
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and the Museum of Human Sciences in Harare, but are now housed in a small museum on the Great Zimbabwe site.
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African Museums in the Making: Reflections on the Politics of Material and Public Culture in Zimbabwe
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Rhodesian Grand Commander of the Legion of Merit (GCLM) medal (Civil and Military)
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Colonial Situations: Essays on the Contextualization of Ethnographic Knowledge
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The Silence of Great Zimbabwe: Contested Landscapes and the Power of Heritage
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Reverse side of a Zimbabwe fifty dollar note (2nd series) illustrating the
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Thomas N. Huffman (1985). "The Soapstone Birds from Great Zimbabwe".
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Edward Matenga (2001). "The Soapstone Birds of Great Zimbabwe".
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of an enclosure around an apparent altar. He later wrote:
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The Cult of Rhodes: Remembering an Imperialist in Africa
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Emblem used by the Rhodesia Corps of Signals (1970–1980)
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Ruins and Zimbabwe Bird in the bottom right hand corner
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The Lost City of Solomon and Sheba: An African Mystery
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The original carved birds are from the ruined city of
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sculptures found in the ruins of the medieval city of
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Three of the Zimbabwe Birds, photographed around 1891
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Zimbabwe bird

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banknotes
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bateleur eagle
African fish eagle
soapstone
Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe
Shona
soapstone
totemic
bateleur
Shona
Mwari

assegais
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Town
Groote Schuur
Cambridge
James Theodore Bent
British South Africa Company
Phoenicians
Hymenoptera
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