ETHIOPIAN HEADRESTS 201-206

All of our Ethiopian headrests have been vetted as authentic, many with evidence of significant age and use.


201-206 Front view (from left to right, top to bottom)

 

201           6" high x 5.5" wide x 4.25" deep                     $125

202           7.25" high x 7" wide x 4.75" deep                  SOLD

203           6" high x 5.75" wide x 4.75" deep                    $150

204          7" high x 6.5" wide x 5" deep                          SOLD

205           6.75" high x 6" wide x 4" deep                       SOLD

206           6.5" high x 6.75" wide x 5.25" deep               SOLD

Larger images and condition reports below.


201-206 Back view (from left to right, top to bottom)

Larger images and condition reports below.


201           6" high x 5.5" wide x 4.25" deep                     $125

There are chips out of the base and a crack on the top (visible) and the base (faint).


202           7.25" high x 7" wide x 4.75" deep                    $125  SOLD

There are minor chips on the middle flaring section.


203           6" high x 5.75" wide x 4.75" deep                    $150

There are small chips out of the base and a crack on the base (faint) on a headrest worn wonderfully smooth.


204          7" high x 6.5" wide x 5" deep                            $125    SOLD

There are worn chips out of the top edges.


205           6.75" high x 6" wide x 4" deep                         SOLD

On this unusually blocky headrest there are chips out of the base and a crack on the front.  In the back there is a larger, but stable, crack and chips on the base.


206           6.5" high x 6.75" wide x 5.25" deep                  $125 SOLD*

There are small chips out of the top edge on the front and back..


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ETHIOPIAN, Headrests, Ethiopia

In many African cultures, small wooden "pillows" are used to support the head during sleep and in some instances to preserve a hairstyle. In Ethiopia, the headrests come in several forms and relate to other intricate, but abstract works.

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