Headrest

CultureLuba

Daten.d.

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 6 × 6 × 3 1/2 inches (15.24 × 15.24 × 8.89 cm)

Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.

Object number2013.42.4

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

DescriptionUpper torso of a figure with scarification, rising from a diameter base with zig zag design, the arms are above holding a rectangular shape head restProvenance

Provenance

Jean-Pierre Jernander (1939-2015), Brussels, Belgium [1];

Purchased from Jernander by dealer Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FX97459, by July 17-October 2, 1997 [2];

Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, October 2, 1997-2013;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.

NOTES:

[1] According to Marc Leo Félix, in email correspondence with MacKenzie Mallon, Specialist, Provenance, February 13, 2023, NAMA curatorail files.

[2] Félix’s stock number is written on the bottom of the object.

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