Headrest (Mutsago) | Yale University Art Gallery

19th–20th century

Medium: Wood with glass beads and string
Dimensions: 5 1/4 × 8 × 2 3/4 in. (13.3 × 20.3 × 7 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Paul F. Walter
Accession Number: 2018.83.3
Geography: Zambia, or Zimbabwe, or Malawi
Culture: Shona or Lozi
Period: 19th–20th century
Classification: Furniture
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Provenance

Fred and Jens Jahn, Munich, unknown dates; Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, unknown dates; Sotheby's New York, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, May 16, 2008, NO8444, lot 186; Paul F. Walter Collection, 2008–2017; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

"Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2018), 91, 93, ill

"Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 4

Sotheby's, New York, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, sale cat. (May 16, 2008), no. lot 186

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headrests

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