Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Headrest (Isicamelo)
Northern Nguni · 19th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Private collection, England, UK, by 1990; sold through Christie’s, London, 2 Oct. 1990, lot 266, to Kevin Conru, Brussels; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1996.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Constantine Petridis et al., Speaking of Objects: African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2020), cat. no. 68, pp. 166-173 (ill.).
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