African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1287
A headrest
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £30
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Description
A headrest
Nigeria / Cameroon
with lug lifts and incised decoration with scorched highlights, the inside of one support inscribed HEADREST CAMEROONS Coll. in Berlin by Dr E. TRAUTNER. Presented to L. A. by Dr Trauter, Melbourne, 3rd July 1952,
29.5cm long,
an Ethiopian gourd with carved geometric decoration, 14.5cm high, a Tarawai Island lime gourd, Papua New Guinea, with carved scroll decoration, the base inscribed TARAVAI (sic) ISLD W of Dallmannhafen, 13cm high, and a North African brass stem dish with pierced decoration, 20cm diameter.
Provenance
Dr Leonhard Adam (1891 - 1960) Anthropologist and lawyer.