Foru head- / neckrests "ocihaylo" · Angola, Mucubal · ID: 3049221
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Description
wood, a) h: 15,5 cm; w: 14 cm (pillow); b) h: 14,5 cm; w: 12,3 cm (pillow) c) h: 12 cm; w: 11 cm (pillow); d) h: 16 cm; w: 12,5 cm (pillow)
The Mucubal people are a subgroup of the Herero people in southern Angola (province Namibe), who live as semi-nomads from cattle breeding and agriculture.
Their territory is in the Namib Desert, bounded by the Serra da Chela mountains to the north and Cunene River to the south, the latter marking the border between Namibia and Angola.
The object Foru head- / neckrests “ocihaylo” with the object ID 3049221 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 358.
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