Two head- / neckrests, Somalia, Boni, ID: 3050424

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Lot 291

Two head- / neckrests · Somalia, Boni · ID: 3050424

sold EUR 200

Provenance

Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany

Description

wood, a) beautifully decorated specimen with finely incised braided band patterns, h: 18 cm; b) plain specimen, h: 17.5 cm

Comparing literature

Naudin, Thierry, Wooden Dreams, Milan 2015, p. 229

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