Art Institute of Chicago
Headrest (Isicamelo)
Zulu
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Wood
- Culture
- South Africa
- Department
- Arts of Africa
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, a neckrest formed part of a bride’s dowry. Though highly abstracted, the form of this example appropriately evokes a bull, a source of wealth and a means of ancestral communication. However, its exceptionally large size suggests that this neckrest may have been a nonfunctional prestige object in the treasury of a nobleman.
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- Object type
- AAT300411641
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