Description

Zulu
Headrest

South Africa, 20th century
carved wood
4.25 h x 16.5 w x 3.5 d in (11 x 42 x 9 cm)

This two-legged Zulu headrest has a flat saddle rounded at the ends, the legs are fire-blackened with recessed triangular patterns on the outer edges.

Provenance: Collection Rhoda Lurie Levinsohn | Private Collection

Exhibited: African Elegance: The Traditional Art of Southern Africa, 20 November 1983 - 8 January 1984, Cultural Center for the Arts, Canton, OH

Literature: African Arts, 19 May 1984, Vol. XVII, No. 3, ppg. 82-83 illustrate related example

This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

Condition

Good condition. Scattered scratches, scuffs, and abrasions throughout. Rounding to corners of wood from age.

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