Zemanek-Münster

Délicat appui- tête / nuque "mutsago" ·  Zimbabwe, Shona · ID: 3046375

Vendu 4 800 €
Provenance
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (1975)
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden

Description

wood, collection label “278”, handwritten collection number “75641” (M. Willborg)

Headrests were very personal objects. They became closely linked with the owner’s identity over a lifetime of use. Upon the death of its owner, the headrest is either buried with him or passed on to a male heir.


Littérature comparée

Nettleton, Anitra, African Dream Machines, Johannesburg 2007, p. 182, ill. 171


Publications

AHDRC: 0170800


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