Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022

Lot 540

A Shona headrest

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1700

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Description

A Shona headrest

Zimbabwe

with carved zig-zags to the top ends and on a stylised female support with differing carving to the central vertical, the oblong base with a zig-zag band and centralised relief triangles,

15cm high, 8.5cm long.

Provenance

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 18th/19th Sept 2019, lot 1752.