Lot 897

SHONA CARVED WOOD NECKREST

Auction: 25 June 2014 at 12:00 BST
£1,625
Description
rising from a tri-lobed base, the planar section with interlocking geometric elements, modelled with openwork relief and supporting an incised rectangular section, with dark brown patina and areas of encrustation
Dimensions
15cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
The Todd Gordon Collection of African Art
Collected by Mr Meiring Sr, a South Africa land surveyor, in Zimbabwe in the 1880s, and passed by descent through the family.
Purchased Sotheby's New York, 19 May 2000 (Lot 287)
