Neckrest

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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.

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Comparing literature

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

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