Neckrest ·  Zimbabwe, Shona · ID: 3033878

Description

wood, brown patina, three-parted base, elaborate carved support with zig-zagged and circle-shaped carvings in relief, supporting a hollowed pillow, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
the Shona and related Tsonga-speaking groups created some classic forms of African neckrests.The patina is the natural result of polished wood saturated with hair oil.

The object Neckrest with the object ID 3033878 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 498.

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Comparing literature

Dewey, William J., Sleeping Beauties, Los Angeles 1993, p. 113, ill. 20