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Zulu headrest, izigqki, South Africa
17 3/4" long x 5 1/2" tall
wood, pigment
early 20th Century, definite signs of age and use
Ex Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA
$2500
Inventory # RT104
"Objects among the Zulu were personal. Some were made expressly for their owners, and
would become, in time, closely linked with that person's identity by association and a lifetime's
use. A headrest, for example, may have been brought by a bride from her parent's homestead
as a betrothal gift to her husband's homestead. The headrest would be regarded as a link to
her father's spirit and the amadlozi, her forebears' spirits." - Karl Nel, The Art of Southeast
Africa
Additional examples and information can be found in the book 'The Jerome L. Joss Collection of African
Headrests at UCLA Sleeping Beauties' by Dewey and in the Calverton Collection
17 3/4" long x 5 1/2" tall
wood, pigment
early 20th Century, definite signs of age and use
Ex Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA
$2500
Inventory # RT104
"Objects among the Zulu were personal. Some were made expressly for their owners, and
would become, in time, closely linked with that person's identity by association and a lifetime's
use. A headrest, for example, may have been brought by a bride from her parent's homestead
as a betrothal gift to her husband's homestead. The headrest would be regarded as a link to
her father's spirit and the amadlozi, her forebears' spirits." - Karl Nel, The Art of Southeast
Africa
Additional examples and information can be found in the book 'The Jerome L. Joss Collection of African
Headrests at UCLA Sleeping Beauties' by Dewey and in the Calverton Collection
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