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Place of Origin: Zimbabwean
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 shaped carving all over. Measures: 22 x 14 x 5 cm approx. Period Early 20th century Ex U...
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19th Century Antique Zimbabwean Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Tribal Art Fine Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa
African Tribal Art Fine Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa

African Tribal Art Fine Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa

African Tribal Art Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa
Located in London, GB
Nice vintage heavy hard wood Zulu neck rest with double antelope/animal design and burnished geometric pattern. length 43 cm height 13 cm Period 2nd half 20th century The Zulu are w...
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Mid-20th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Tribal Art Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa
African Tribal Art Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa

African Tribal Art Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa

African Tsonga headrest Neck rest South Africa Tribal Art antiques
Located in London, GB
African Tsonga headrest Neck rest South Africa Tribal Art A fine old Tsonga headrest Carved from hard wood with 3 central pillars Period Early 20th century Height: 15 cm Conditio...
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19th Century Antique Zimbabwean Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Tsonga headrest Neck rest South Africa Tribal Art antiques
African Tsonga headrest Neck rest South Africa Tribal Art antiques

African Tsonga headrest Neck rest South Africa Tribal Art antiques

Makonde Comb From Zimbabwe Bantu Tribe 'Smaller'
Located in Dallas, TX
This comb was fashioned in the hand carved, traditional Makonde style. This fertility comb features a pregnant woman. Generally, local carvers make only a belly and breast comb to be...
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Early 20th Century Zimbabwean Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Makonde Comb From Zimbabwe Bantu Tribe 'Smaller'
Makonde Comb From Zimbabwe Bantu Tribe 'Smaller'

Makonde Comb From Zimbabwe Bantu Tribe 'Smaller'

Early 20th Century Shona Female Caryatid Stool, Zimbabwe
Located in London, GB
Supporting the flat, circular seat of this early twentieth-century stool from the Shona culture in Zimbabwe is a figurative sculpture of a sturdy-bodied female. The figure is depicte...
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Early 20th Century Tribal Zimbabwean Tribal Art

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Hardwood

Early 20th Century Shona Female Caryatid Stool, Zimbabwe
Early 20th Century Shona Female Caryatid Stool, Zimbabwe

Early 20th Century Shona Female Caryatid Stool, Zimbabwe

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Located in London, GB
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African Tribal Art Fine Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa
African Tribal Art Fine Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa

African Tribal Art Fine Zulu Neck Rest Head Rest South Africa

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Large Modernist Carved Serpentine Stone African Shona Head on Iron Base Zimbabwe
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Large Modernist Carved Serpentine Stone African Shona Head on Iron Base Zimbabwe

Large Modernist Carved Serpentine Stone African Shona Head on Iron Base Zimbabwe

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This is a magnificent example of the classic tradition of headrest carving in Southern Africa. Created as both practical objects of daily use to protect elaborate hairstyles and conduits of ancestral wisdom, these works ranged from the Minimalist to the elaborate and ingenious. With its ensemble of symmetrical, geometric forms enriched by deeply carved surface motifs, this rest bears...
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Antique Shona Headrest, Zimbabwe

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Large Stretched Zebra Hide Drum Coffee Table

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