Figural headrest "musamo" · D. R. Congo, Luba, Shankadi, Kiloko of Bussangu · ID: 3045822
sold
EUR 1,800
Size
H: 17,3 cm
H: 6.8 inch
Description
wood,
The present headrest is a work of the master carver Kiloko of Bussangu. Another headrest attributed to him from the Jerome Joss Collection shown in Dewey (1993), p. 68, fig. 63 (AHDRC 0031714). Another was offered on November 19, 1999 at Sotheby’s New York as Lot 245 (AHDRC 0031716).
The object Figural headrest “musamo” with the object ID 3045822 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 218 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.
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Comparing literature
Dewey, William J., Sleeping Beauties, Los Angeles 1993, p. 68, ill. 63