Mask - Congo (No reserve price)

Sleep in traditional African art in Congo
Across Africa, and here among the Baluba, wooden headrest supports serve as pillows to preserve the elaborate hairstyles, which required a lot of work, and to ensure the freshness of the head and neck during sleep. The dynamic pose, the delicately carved features, and the spectacular cascading hairstyle are the distinctive characteristics of a series of headrests, a seat, and a divination instrument called kashekesheke that have been attributed to the same artist or to the same workshop active in the 19th century.