Tsonga/Shangaan Headrest, South Africa/Southern Zimbabwe
Tsonga/Shangaan Headrest, South Africa/Southern Zimbabwe
height 6in (15cm); width 9 3/4in (25cm)
The seated support figure with a finely woven binding around her waist and wearing bands of her ancestor's hair around her ankles in devotion and respect to the ancestors.
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Jonathan Lowen Collection, London
Graham Beck Collection, South Africa, acquired from the above in November 2005
Thence by descent
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Tsonga/Shangaan Headrest, South Africa/Southern Zimbabwe
height 6in (15cm); width 9 3/4in (25cm)
The seated support figure with a finely woven binding around her waist and wearing bands of her ancestor's hair around her ankles in devotion and respect to the ancestors.
Provenance
Jonathan Lowen Collection, London
Graham Beck Collection, South Africa, acquired from the above in November 2005
Thence by descent