Two neckrests · Mali, Tellem · ID: 3040925
Price
EUR 200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
a) Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germanyb) Monique Lancée, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Description
wood, a) h: 11 cm/ b: 18 cm; b) h: 13,5 cm/ b: 23,5 cm
The Tellem buried their dead in communal graves in caves sealed off by mud bricks. Objects presumed to be gifts for the dead were interred with them and seem to relate to the daily activities of the deceased. Headrests with columnar struts were always associated with male skeletons.