Mopho Gonde
A primarily self-taught artist, Mopho Gonde creates carvings of Africa’s wild animals in the unique medium of leadwood. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Mopho Gonde is now hailed as the finest wildlife sculptor in southern Africa utilizing leadwood. “The greatest thing about leadwood is that the hardwood trees need not be destroyed. This medium comes from dead trees, once pushed over by great elephants, which have laid in the African sun and rain for years and have almost become
"Always Ornery"
16.5" x 34" x 10" wood carving
$11,200 one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"Sable Sentry"
17" x 20" x 11" Leadwood
$5,495 one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"Easily Provoked"
15" x 24" x 11" wood carving
$10,500 one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"King of the Valley"
19" x 30" x 17" wood carving
SOLD one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"Yukon Crusader"
17" x 13" x 27" wood carving
SOLD one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"Brothers in Arms"
17" x 43" x 14" Leadwood
SOLD one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"A Hunter's Dream"
30" x 33" x 19" Leadwood
$11,995 one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"Scent-Sa-Tive"
17" x 26" x 7.5" Leadwood
$10,495 one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"Heading North"
19" x 27" x 13" Leadwood
SOLD one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"High Falootin"
28" x 29" x 17" with base wood carving
SOLD one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"Rendezvous"
21" x 36" x 19" with base wood carving
SOLD one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"Questionable Intent"
16" x 30" X 16" with base wood carving
$10,500 one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"River Talk"
25" x 34" x 25" with base wood carving
$12,000 one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"On the Run"
20" x 32" x 17" wood carving
SOLD one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"Lip Curl"
24" x 27" x 16" wood carving
SOLD one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood
"Ndlulamithi"
39" x 26" x 17" wood carving
SOLD one-of-a-kind, carved from African Leadwood