Appui-nuque figuratif "musamo" · R. D. Congo, Luba, Shankadi-Bena Sungu, Kiloko de Bussangu · ID: 3049703
Description
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The present headrest is a work of the master carver Kiloko of Bussangu.A very similar work by the artist illustrated in Dewey 1993, p. 68, fig. 63 (AHDRC 0031714).
Headrests were certainly used by their sleeping owners to help preserve the elaborate coiffures the Luba are noted for. A style such as the Shankadi cascade was styled over a canework frame, it took almost fifty hours to complete, and with the use of a headrest at night, it could last two to three months.
L’objet Appui-nuque figuratif “musamo” avec l’ID d’objet 3049703 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères Vente 100 dans 15 avril 2023. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 80 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 100 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 2 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Dewey, William J., Sleeping Beauties, Los Angeles 1993, p. 68, ill. 63