Janus-shaped caryatid headrest "musamo" · D. R. Congo, Luba / Zela · ID: 3048182
Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Jack Faxon (1936-2020), Detroit / Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA
Former state Sen. Jack Faxon was an avid collector who filled his Birmingham house with art and objects ranging from African masks and figures to choice pieces of American arts-and-crafts. He lended objects from his private collection to the “Detroit collects African Art” ehibition in the Detroit Institute of Arts, April 21 - May 29, 1977. Later in his life he donated objects to the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Smithsonian Institution Washinton, DC.
Description
wood, pokerwork, label “DIA T2010.5201 Faxon Collection Inventory”, rest., base
The object Janus-shaped caryatid headrest “musamo” with the object ID 3048182 was part of the auction 97th Auction on November 6, 2021, lot number 325 at that time and is currently available for EUR 3,000 in Open sale.
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