Neckrest ·  Zimbabwe, Shona · ID: 3033878

Description

wood, brown patina, three-parted base, elaborate carved support with zig-zagged and circle-shaped carvings in relief, supporting a hollowed pillow, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
the Shona and related Tsonga-speaking groups created some classic forms of African neckrests.The patina is the natural result of polished wood saturated with hair oil.

Littérature comparée

Dewey, William J., Sleeping Beauties, Los Angeles 1993, p. 113, ill. 20