African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 800
A double headrest
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
A double headrest
possibly Kuba
with slender elliptical tops having carved rows of lozenges on tapering block supports with incised linear decoration, united by bars,
17.5cm high, 56.5cm long.
Provenance
Jonathan Lowen, London.
Terence Pethica Collection, London. TP60 red sticker.
Private Collection, London.
Published
The Art of Southern Africa, The Terence Pethica Collection, 2007, pps 74-75, No 24.
cf. Anitra Nettleton, African Dream Machines, p.332, no.412 for a similar example in the British Museum (no. 1944 Af4.254) noted as Natal, South Africa, collected by Mrs A G Beasley.