"Neck Rest - Banio (me'en) Tishana, Ethiopia - First Half Of The 20th Century "
NECK REST Banio (Me'en) Tishana, Ethiopia
First half of the 20th century
Wood and copper
H.: 18; L.: 22; Th.: 13.5 cm
Single-piece wood with a shiny patina and openwork base with geometric shapes, decorated with a copper suspension ring; concave tray with double notches.
A similar example is reproduced in Odilon Audouin's book Appuis-nuque de la Corne de l'Afrique (Neck rests from the Horn of Africa), p. 156.
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