Rare headrest / neckrest · D. R. Congo (Congo Kinshasa), Bandundu Province, Mfinu · ID: 3048959

Name: Rare headrest / neckrest
SKU: 3048959
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Belgian Private Collection

Size

H: 14,5 / 16,5 cm

B: 14,7 cm

H: 14,5 / 6.5 inch

B: 5.8 inch

Description

wood, copper alloy (bronze, brass), encrusted patina in places, sacrificial traces, indigenous repair with copper sheet strips, old missing part

This particularly elegant object is the work of the small Mfinu ethnic group living on the left bank of the Congo River north of Kinshasa.

A nice detail are the stylized hands that grasp the support surface from below and that make the body appear as a stylized human figure with outstretched arms and legs.

Für ein vergleichbares Objekt siehe AHDRC 0132667.

The object Rare headrest / neckrest with the object ID 3048959 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 245.

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