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Headrest

Shona
early 20th century
Object Place: Zimbabwe

Medium/Technique Wood
Dimensions Overall: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition Fund for African Art
Accession Number2013.882
ClassificationsFurnitureSeating and beds

ProvenanceBetween 1969 and 1971, acquired in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) by Max Willbörg (b. 1933 – d. 2001), Cork, Ireland; 1990, sold by Wilbörg to Udo and Waltraut Horstmann, Zug, Switzerland; 2013, sold by Udo and Waltraut Horstmann to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)