Object Details
- Description
- Wooden headrest with a central support carved in the form of a figure with hands at side; large, low-relief feet have been carved at the top of the base.
- Provenance
- George and Elsie McKee, in the Belgian Congo, before 1932
- Elizabeth McKee Gerding
- By descent to Anne Gerding Hurley and Sarah Gerding -- to 2019
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Master of Beneki
- Songye artist
- Nsapo artist
- Credit Line
- Gift of Elizabeth Ann Gerding Hurley and Sarah Gerding in honor of their mother Elizabeth McKee Gerding
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 13 × 15 × 12.3 cm (5 1/8 × 5 7/8 × 4 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
