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Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful museum quality, wooden head rest. Stunning patina on this rare piece of art from Sudan
Category
Antique Early 1900s African Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Antique Wooden African Head Rest
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful museum quality, wooden head rest. Stunning patina on this rare piece of art from Sudan
Category
Antique Early 1900s Tribal Furniture
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Wooden Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful museum quality, wooden head rest. Stunning patina on this rare piece of art from Sudan
Category
Antique Early 1900s African Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
African Tribal Art Fine Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa
Located in London, GB
A fine Zulu head rest neck rest South Africa
Raised on central pillars with geometric lozenge
Category
Antique 19th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Tribal Art Fine Shona Neck Rest Head Rest
Located in London, GB
A fine shona head rest neck rest
Raised on a single central pillar finely carved with geometric
Category
Antique 19th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Wooden Head Rest
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful museum quality, wooden head rest. Stunning patina on this rare piece of art from Sudan
Category
Antique Early 1900s Tribal Furniture
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Wooden Head Rest or Stool
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful museum quality, wooden head rest or stool. Stunning patina on this rare piece of art from
Category
Antique Early 1900s Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
New Contemporary Moroccan Rug with Minimalist Style and Figurative Art Design
By Berber Tribes of Morocco, (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Dallas, TX
captures a fleeting impression of a man absorbed in thought. The man is in a seated position resting his
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Minimalist Moroccan and North Afr...
Materials
Wool
Ancient Maiolica Tiles, Rampini Manufactory, Pavia, 1693-1704
By Siro Antonio Africa
Located in Milano, IT
Six maiolica “ambrogette” (tiles)
Rampini manufactory, painter probably Siro Antonio Africa
Pavia
Category
Antique Early 1700s Italian Baroque Ceramics
Materials
Maiolica
African Vintage Statue Mama Africa 'Masai', Limited Edition
Located in Milano, IT
legs. Mama Africa is depicted with a smiling and serene face, very beautiful. Her head is adorned with
Category
Early 2000s Central African Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Rembrandt Bugatti "Storks at Rest" Bronze Sculpture
By Rembrandt Bugatti
Located in New York, NY
, positioned on the left, gently rests its head upon its soft breast while tucking one of its feet close to its
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unique Ceramic Flamingo Teapot made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
features a majestic flamingo resting gracefully atop lush vegetation. With its head elegantly turned back
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Andrianna Shamaris Antique Wooden African Wabi Sabi Bench or Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
wheels and pretty carvings along the sides and head rest. A unique piece with lovely patina.
This
Category
20th Century African Tribal Benches
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Pair of African Chairs, King's Seat
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
these as the chair or throne of the head. They were originally used for court ceremonies and initiations
Category
Vintage 1940s Tanzanian Tribal Chairs
Materials
Wood
Ashanti Headrest Stool Carved Wood Tribal Art Ghana Africa
Located in Leuven , BE
, the African Ashanti head rest, Ghana, has a curved top raised on a pedestals depicting a man riding a
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Half Nude Man at Rest, " Important Drawing of Black Worker by De Erdelyi
By Francis De Erdely 2
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Fine and important depiction of an African American worker, one of the artist's favorite subjects
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Cortendorf West German Mid-Century Pottery Seated African Man
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century West German figure of a seated African man by Cortendorf. The pottery figure
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
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H 6.4 in W 3.94 in D 3.55 in
Early 20th Century Male Baule Figure, Ivory Coast, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century male baule figure, ivory coast, Africa
A stylistically pleasing sculpture of
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Other Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Marble Figure Emblematic Of Africa c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Crafted in the mid-19th century, this antique Italian marble sculpture portrays a graceful African
Category
Antique 1880s Italian Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
H 54.34 in W 23.63 in D 14.97 in
Two Antique Niger Bura Peoples Fired Clay Heads on Stands
Located in Morristown, NJ
Bura fired clay heads, possibly 3rd-10th c. CE, Niger, Bura peoples. These are very expressive
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Nigerien Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Clay
Modern Black & White Sculpture of a Knelling Tribal Tattooed African Queen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Modern black & white sculpture of a Knelling tribal Tattooed African Queen
Purchased in France, in
Category
20th Century French Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Large C19th Indian Carved Wood Elephant
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
Early C20th unusual large carved wood sculpture of an elephant, with head turned slightly to right
Category
Antique Early 1900s North African Anglo-Indian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
A Rare Anthropomorphic Tsonga Headrest
Located in London, GB
(described as Magwamba Head-Rest)
Ancestral spirits were believed to communicate with their living
Category
Antique 19th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
A Rare and Finely Carved Egyptian Wooden Headrest
Located in London, GB
Egyptians rested their heads on low wooden or stone supports. The fundamental form of a flat base, straight
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
210 Million Y/O Fossil Sauropods Sphere
By Pietra Gallery
Located in Polanco, CDMX
necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their body), and four thick, pillar-like legs
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Acrylic
210 Million Y/O Fossil Sauropods Sphere
By Pietra Gallery
Located in Polanco, CDMX
necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their body), and four thick, pillar-like legs
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Acrylic
210 Million Y/O Fossil Sauropods Sphere
By Pietra Gallery
Located in Polanco, CDMX
necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their body), and four thick, pillar-like legs
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Acrylic
210 Million Y/O Fossil Sauropods Sphere
By Pietra Gallery
Located in Polanco, CDMX
necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their body), and four thick, pillar-like legs
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Bronze Candleholder Statue with Black and Gold Patina, on Shell Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
head and right arm up while his left hand is resting on his hip. Standing on a shell-adorned base, the
Category
20th Century Statues
Materials
Bronze
Hagenauer Bookends Pair Leaping Gazelles Wien Made in Austria
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Oakland, CA
still look sculptural and elegant. Both items are stamped on the flat side where you rest the books
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Desk Sets
Materials
Metal, Brass
HEYLYN. Mikrokosmos A Little Description of the Great World. THIRD EDITION 1627
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
text quite fresh, almost entirely clean, and with ample margins, hinges fine, head and foot of spine
Category
Antique 1620s British Books
Materials
Leather
H 7.38 in W 5.88 in D 2 in
Customizable ClassiCon Ulisse Daybed by Konstantin Grcic
By Konstantin Grcic
Located in New York, NY
, the daybed arouses associations with archaic furniture of African or Japanese origin that were sources
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Daybeds
Materials
Fabric
A patented mechanical campaign invalid chair by Chapman
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
enable the chair to be reclined almost to the horizontal. The leg rest has a hinged foot plate and can
Category
Antique 1850s English Chairs
Materials
Brass
Vintage Islamic Moroccan Blue Tile with the Hand of Fatima
Located in North Hollywood, CA
North Africa, and is often seen in Arabic and Jewish jewellery and wall hangings. Worn around the neck
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Islamic Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Benin ‘Nigeria’ Bronze Figural Offering Depicting Leopards and Tribesmen
By People from Benin
Located in Miami, FL
included other sculptures in brass or bronze, including some famous portrait heads and smaller pieces
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A French 19th Century Bronze Sculpture Titled "La Sécurité" Eugène Delaplanche
By Eugène Delaplanche
Located in Los Angeles, CA
resting child on her arm. Raised on Rouge-Royal marble plinth inscribed "La Sécurité - Par E. Delaplanche
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 28.75 in W 16 in D 14 in
Antique Bird Print of the Common House Martin by Von Wright, 1927
Located in Langweer, NL
the Palearctic; and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia. It has a blue head and upperparts
Category
20th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
Antique Victorian Ash & Burr Walnut Gillows of Lancaster Cheval Mirror Sconces
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
mirrors this is head and shoulders above the rest, where to begin describing it! It is of course in the
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mir...
Materials
Ash, Walnut, Mirror
H 75.4 in W 37.41 in D 21.66 in
South African Tribal Swazi Head Rest Neck Rest Les Appui Nuque African
Located in London, GB
African tribal art a fine old Swazi head res from South Africa
A fine large hard wood neck rest
Category
Early 20th Century South African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 5.91 in W 15.75 in D 3.15 in
19th Century African Wood Head Rest with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century pair of distinctive ebonized wood head rests ('carved pillows') with mother-of-pearl
Category
Antique 19th Century Central African Tribal Art
African Hemba Wooden Sculpture of a Woman
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
-extended coiffure. She is either well-nourished or pregnant, with a large stomach – her hands resting upon
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Danish Leather and Teak Bwana Model 152 Chair by Finn Juhl for France & Søn 1962
By France & Søn, Finn Juhl
Located in Wijnegem, Antwerpen
known for. The carved teak, the triangular section of teak at the head rest which supports the top of
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood, Teak
H 36.62 in W 35.04 in D 30.32 in
Permanent Style Valet Stand by Honorific in Solid Brass and Black Walnut
By Honorific London
Located in London, GB
sits around the tie, which hangs from its own slot in the head.
With those four in place, you can
Category
2010s English Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Brass
Yoruba Wooden Stool
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
prolific tribes of Sub-Saharan Africa. They are centred in southwestern Nigeria, with a significant
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Tribal Antique Zulu Headrest Neck Rest South Africa
Located in London, GB
A fine Zulu head rest South Africa,
A fine large Zulu hard wood neck rest,
This Zulu neck rest is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century South African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Antique Wooden African Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Traditional Lobi tribe head rest. This can also be used as a tray or a low stool or side table
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Antique Wooden African Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Traditional Lobi tribe head rest celebrating the cracks and crevices and all the other marks that
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Mahogany Wood African Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Antique head rest that can also be used to hold objects. Carved from a single piece of mahogany
Category
Antique Early 1900s Primitive Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Reclaimed Wood
Petite African "Bamileke" Head Rest
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Beautiful African "bamileke" head rest carved from one large piece of Teum wood. Intricate design
Category
20th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Wooden Head Rest
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful museum quality, wooden head rest. Stunning patina on this rare piece of art from Sudan
Category
Antique Early 1900s African Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
African Tribal Art Fine Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa
Located in London, GB
A fine Zulu head rest neck rest.
Raised on a circular central pillar with geometric lozenge shaped
Category
Antique 19th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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H 4.73 in W 6.7 in D 1.97 in
Andrianna Shamaris African Mahogany Head Rest or Stool
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Traditional tribal head rest or stool with original hardware and lovely patina.
This head rest
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Andrianna Shamaris Mahogany Wood African Antique Head Rest or Stool
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Traditional antique Lobi tribe head rest hand carved from a single block of mahogany wood with
Category
Early 20th Century African Tribal Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Mahogany
Andrianna Shamaris Rotating Antique African Wooden Head Rest
Located in New York, NY
Rare. Beautiful museum quality hand carved wooden head rest. Stunning patina on this unusual head
Category
Antique Early 1900s Tribal Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
African Tribal Art Fine Ethiopian Konso Headrest Neck Rest
Located in London, GB
A superb elegant example of a Ethiopian head rest from the Konso tribe.
Carved in hard wood in
Category
Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
Head in Hands-Carved Unusual African Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, CA
This hand-carved African sculpture depicting a man's head resting in a pair of hands features
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Baga Wood Offering Bowl, Tribal Altar Piece with Head and Snake, Africa, Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by Scott McCue
Baga wood offering bowl. Tribal altar piece with head and snake, Africa
Category
Early 20th Century Guinean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 11.25 in W 9 in D 9 in
Artful African Tribal Mask of a Ram Wall Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
with slanted eye holes and curly horns. A carved wood bird rests atop the head looking out between the
Category
Vintage 1950s Botswanan Tribal Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Patinated Bronze of African Woman by Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in New York, NY
A Mid-Century Modernist patinated bronze of an African woman's head in profile by Werkstatte
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Nickel
Large African Figural Throne Chair by the Nyamwezi People, Tanzania 20th C.
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
tradition among the Nyamwezi people of Tanzania. A male figure carved in haut relief his head protruding
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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African Head Rest For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the African head rest you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each African head rest for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, reclaimed wood and animal skin. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect African head rest — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An African head rest, designed in the Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made African head rest has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Andrianna Shamaris are consistently popular.
How Much is an African Head Rest?
Prices for an African head rest start at $390 and top out at $1,100 with the average selling for $490.
Questions About African Head Rest
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021There are varying traditional names for African head wraps, head ties or head scarves — the head wrap may be called “dhuku” (Shona), “duku” (Chichewa) or “gele” (Yoruba). It is worn for various reasons and has various functions. In Nigeria, head wraps can be quite ornamental and elaborate as compared to their conservative counterparts in South Africa. The motifs might include nagas and other mythological beings and are embedded in the textile to convey sacred themes, often including protection of the wearer from evil forces. On 1stDibs, you can find early 20th century tribal head wraps from different parts of Africa.
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