Joe Loux. | Zulu Headrest (Isigqiki)
A private gallery in San Francisco featuring Asian and Tribal Art, ethnographic jewelry and textiles.
Tribal art, Oceanic art, ethnic jewelry, Southeast Asian art, tribal shields, Indonesian, art, New Guinea art, Indian gold, Polynesian clubs, Nepal tribal art, tribal textiles, Southwest Chinese art, Moroccan textiles, Pyu gold, Ainu textiles, Yi objects, ancient gold, Inuit art, Paiwan, ancient beads, Nepal mask, tribal figures
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Zulu Headrest (Isigqiki).
Headrest or Isigqiki
Zulu people, South Africa
19th century
Wood
8″ (w) x 3.5″ (d) x 4.75″ (h)
Published in ‘Art of Southeast Africa from the Kevin Conru Collection’ by Conru, Nel and Klopper, pp.60-61
The headrest was a personal, heirloom item, perhaps brought as a betrothal gift to a bride’s husband. The headrest would be a link to the father of the bride’s spirit and the ‘amodlozi’ (her ancestors’ spirits).
Price on request
