Exceptional double neck rest · South Africa, Tsonga · ID: 3040775
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Provenance
collected by an english servicemen in the time between the two World Wars (ca.1918-1939)Size
H: 11,5 cm resp. 14 cm
H: 4.5 inch resp. 5.5 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, black paint, “pillows” with incised decor, connected by wooden chain, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion
The object Exceptional double neck rest with the object ID 3040775 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 532.
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Comparing literature
Dewey, William J., Sleeping Beauties, Los Angeles 1993, p. 118, ill. 24