R35,000 - R40,000
R48,000
A TSONGA/SHANGAAN PAIRED SET OF HEADRESTS, SOUTHERN AFRICA, EARLY COLLECTED AND PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
"The chains are always carved from the same single block of wood as the headrests, with no breaks in their links, indicating a level of virtuosity in carving that increased exponentially among Tsonga and Zulu carvers in the late nineteenth century." Pethica p.93-85
height 15cm
PROVENANCE
Old Johannesburg Collection
The Art of Southern Africa The Terence Pethica Collection, p.94-95
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