Currently not on view
Headrest,
late 19th – early 20th century
Artist unrecorded
Luba
y1953-182
Information
Title
Headrest
Dates
late 19th – early 20th century
Maker
Medium
Wood and paint or stain
Dimensions
h. 15.5 cm., w. 10.2 cm., d. 7.6 cm. (6 1/8 x 4 x 3 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle in memory of her husband, Class of 1905
Object Number
y1953-182
Place Made
Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Techniques
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle, 1947. Collected by Joyce K. Doyle in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Belgian Congo) in or near Tshikapa (Kasai region) or Kinshasa between 1919 and 1923.
- "Gifts of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle in memory of her husband Donald B. Doyle, Class of 1905," in "The Doyle Collection of African Art," special issue Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 42, no. 2 (1983): p. 35-42., p. 42
- Margaret Rose Vendryes, "Africa in repose: stools and headrests," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 58 no. 1/2 (1999): p. 38-53., p. 42, fig. 8
- "Selected checklist of objects in the collection of African art," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 58, no. 1/2 (1999): p. 77–83., p. 79
