About the Artwork
Neckrest
early 20th century
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African
Luba-songe
Wood
Overall: 5 3/8 × 6 1/8 × 3 3/4 inches (13.7 × 15.6 × 9.5 cm)
Furniture
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, Henry Ford II Fund
1983.27
Public Domain
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Provenance
1907, collection of an old Colonial Family in (Belgium).(Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium)
1983-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Kan, Michael. African Masterworks In The Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington D.C., 1995, cat. no. 76.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Luba-Songe, African, Neckrest, early 20th century, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Henry Ford II Fund, 1983.27.
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