Description:
Early Tellem Wooden Burial Headrest
Antique African Art - Tribal Furniture - Mali
An Early Tellem Burial Headrest, Fine Encrustation over Incised Designs
Antique African Art - Tribal Funerary Sculpture / Prestige Object - Mali
Collected from the: Dogon peoples in the Sanga region of Mali, West Africa - production and use has been archaeologically attributed to the Tellem
Material: Carved wood, fine encrustation throughout
Period: Estimated at 11th to 13th century, please see explanation following photos
Dimensions: 12.25" length, 5.25" height, 4" width; weight is 1.25 pounds
Condition: Excellent. Held in a private Parisian collection, the condition of this exquisite specimen remains unchanged since it's late 1940's field acquisition. Remarkably well preserved and intact, earlier indigenous repair to age crack at back right base and minute age fissures all test stable, two small nicks to the outer upper platform edge apparently occurred early on, considering the patination present, very fine encrustation indicative of lengthy burial throughout.
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