Unique piece of wearable artwork by Mutemwa Mukelebai, a Livingstone-based artist, carver and community scientist. He grinds glass from discarded television screens into lenses and has built Imwiko, Lubosi and Ikasuwa, working microscopes, from discarded and found objects. With no laboratory behind him, he has watched mosquitoes and the small life of our fresh waters.
Artist: Mutemwa Mukelabai
Material: Recycled copper
Process: Grinding, cutting and polishing
Short Story:
Copper Nyami Nyami. Nyami Nyami, otherwise known as the Zambezi River God or Zambezi Snake Spirit, is one of the most important gods of the people living along the Zambezi River, namely Tonga speaking people.
Size: 5.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Weight: 29g
*This item comes without a chain.
Unique piece of wearable artwork by Mutemwa Mukelebai, a Livingstone-based artist, carver and community scientist. He grinds glass from discarded television screens into lenses and has built Imwiko, Lubosi and Ikasuwa, working microscopes, from discarded and found objects. With no laboratory behind him, he has watched mosquitoes and the small life of our fresh waters.
Artist: Mutemwa Mukelabai
Material: Recycled copper
Process: Grinding, cutting and polishing
Short Story:
Copper Nyami Nyami. Nyami Nyami, otherwise known as the Zambezi River God or Zambezi Snake Spirit, is one of the most important gods of the people living along the Zambezi River, namely Tonga speaking people.
Size: 5.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Weight: 29g
*This item comes without a chain.
