Usually representing spirits, ancestors or the primordial couple, these figures were placed in shrines and treated with great respect. Through a wide range of style, scale, belief and function the couples depicted share a timeless, serene equality necessary to the continuity of their societies.

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Maputo Modernism: A Rachel Jenkins' Photo Essay

© O Leão Que Ri (The Lion that Laughed), on Avenida Kwame Nkrumah, Architect Pancho Guedes – detail (1956)

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© Edificio Tonelli (Tonelli Building), on Avenida Patrice Lumumba & Avenida Vladimir Lenine, Architect Pancho Guedes (1954-8)

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© Hotel Tivoli, on Avenida 25 de Setembro, Architecht Carlos Veiga Pinto Carmelo

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© Edificio 33 Andares (33 Storey Building), on Avenida 25 de Setembro & Avendia Vladimir Lenine (circa 1974)

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© Edificio TAPMonetepio de Moçambique (TAPMonetepio of Mozambique Building), on Avenida Samora Machel, Architect Alberto Soeiro (1960)

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© Edificio Tonelli (Tonelli Building), on Avenida Patrice Lumumba & Avenida Vladimir Lenine, Architect Pancho Guedes (1954-8)

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© Edifício Dragão (Dragon Building), on Avenida Eduardo Mondlane, Architect Pancho Guedes (1951)

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© greja de Polana (Polana Church), on Avenida Kwame Nkrumah Avenida Dr Egas Moniz Rua Luis Pasteur, Architect Nino Craveio Lopes (1959-62)

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© Residence on Avenida Kwame Nkrumah, Architect Pancho Guedes

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© O Leão Que Ri (The Lion that Laughed), on Avenida Kwame Nkrumah, Architect Pancho Guedes – detail (1956)

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© Edificio Tonelli (Tonelli Building), on Avenida Patrice Lumumba & Avenida Vladimir Lenine, Architect Pancho Guedes (1954-8)

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