Shilluk or Dinka shield neckrest, Sudan Wood,... - Lot 133 - De Baecque et Associés

Lot 133
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Shilluk or Dinka shield neckrest, Sudan Wood,... - Lot 133 - De Baecque et Associés
Shilluk or Dinka shield neckrest, Sudan Wood, leather and rope 1940s or earlier L. 64 cm Provenance : Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, USA Acquired from the latter by the current owner, French private collection Rare tubular wooden shield neckrest, covered with a beautiful leather, made, patinated with brown shades, the cuffs dug in elongated oval cavities. The stitching of the leather in a braided rope, appears in a tortuous line over the entire shield from its lower end to its top. For a similar work, illustrated in the book, Rêves sur bois, by Eduardo Lopez Morenon, page 132. Another work in the same style from the Stephane Brosset collection. And for a similar shield, having belonged to Mr. Xavier Sallet and Mrs. Ines Heuge presented at the Origine Auction, October 29, 2017: Lot 373.
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