Delicate head- / neckrest "mutsago" · Zimbabwe, Shona · ID: 3046375
sold
EUR 4,800
Provenance
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1975)Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Size
H: 14,5 cm
B: 13,5 cm
H: 5.7 inch
B: 5.3 inch
Description
wood, collection label “278”, handwritten collection number “75641” (M. Willborg)
Headrests were very personal objects. They became closely linked with the owner’s identity over a lifetime of use. Upon the death of its owner, the headrest is either buried with him or passed on to a male heir.
The object Delicate head- / neckrest “mutsago” with the object ID 3046375 was part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction on March 7, 2020. The object with the lot number 104 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,800 with an asking price of EUR 3,000.
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Comparing literature
Nettleton, Anitra, African Dream Machines, Johannesburg 2007, p. 182, ill. 171
Publications
AHDRC: 0170800