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Neckrest, Namibia, Himba, Size: L: 14 cm H: 16 cm (L: 5.5 inch H: 6.3 inch), ID: 3053313
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Auction 107

Neckrest ·  Namibia, Himba · ID: 3053313

Starting price
EUR 600
Estimated price
EUR 1,200
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Provenance
Roy & Sophia Sieber, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Size
L: 14 cm
H: 16 cm
L: 5.5 inch
H: 6.3 inch

Description

wood, leather, pigments,

The reddish colour of the neckrest is caused by residues of a cosmetic product that Himba women make from a mixture of butterfat and red iron ore powder.

Publications

Sieber, Roy & Frank Herreman (ed.), Hair in African Art and Culture, New York 2000, p. 156, ill. 146

AHDRC: 0226452

Africa

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