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).
Comparing literature
Dewey, William J., Sleeping Beauties, Los Angeles 1993, p. 68, ill. 63