Shilluk or Dinka shield headrest, Sudan - Lot 163

Lot n° 163
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Shilluk or Dinka shield headrest, Sudan - Lot 163
Shilluk or Dinka shield headrest, Sudan Wood, leather and rope 1940s or earlier L. 64 cm Provenance : Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA Acquired from the latter by the current owner, French private collection Rare tubular wooden shield neckrest, covered with a fine leather, done in a patina of brown tones, the handles carved into elongated oval-shaped cavities. The stitching of the leather into a braided rope, appears in a tortuous line across the entire shield from its lower end to its top. For a similar work, see 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 Monsieur Xavier Sallet and Madame Ines Heuge presented at the Origine Auction, October 29, 2017: Lot 373.
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