Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 230
A Shona headrest Zimbabwe wood
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1600
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Description
A Shona headrest
Zimbabwe
wood, with a curved top and a pierced and carved triangular, rectangular and circular support, the circles with differing decoration, on a shaped base,
14.5cm high.
Provenance
Andrea and Maurice Gouat, Luebo, Democratic Republic of Congo, brought back to the UK in 1938, thence by descent.