Dinka Headrest — TAD Tribal Art

Headrest

Dinka, South Sudan, late 19th/early 20th c.

Carved Wood

Ex–Allen Davis collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico

L: 16” H: 8” (L: 40.64 cm H: 20.32 cm)

SOLD

This fine “pure-form” neckrest is possibly from the Dinka or Shilluk of South Sudan or the Borana Oromo of Kenya.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Dewey, William J. Sleeping Beauties: The Jerome L. Joss Collection of African Headrests

at UCLA. Fowler Museum of Cultural History: Los Angeles, 1993, p. 48, fig. 30.

Falgayrettes, Christiane. Supports De Rêves: Exposition, Présentée Au Musée Dapper

Du 20 Avril Au 16 Septembre 1989. Paris: Éd. Dapper, 1989, p. 65.