Tekalegn Besepa’s Collection — Pascal Joannes' Ethiopian Collections

A first homage to Tekalegn has been paid at the April 2012 Brussels Non European Art Fair (BRUNEAF) by « La Comète ». Some of his most remarkable headrests were on displayed at the « Galerie Noirhomme Maruani »

Each headrest is identified by the name of an ethnic group and / or a geographical area using the classification proposed by Odilon Audouin in his book « Headrests from the Horn of Africa » published in 2016 by the « Editions Toguna ».

Most of these headrests have been published in Pascal Joannes, « Une collection particulière éthiopienne, Hommage à Tekalegn Besepa marchand et collectionneur / A private collection of Ethiopian art, tribute to Tekalegn Besepa antique merchant and collector. », Toguna Editions, Toulouse, 2018. (https://www.galerie-toguna.com/en/private-collection-of-ethiopian-art-xml-378_381-1092.html) and some in Claude-Henri Pirat, « Sur la piste de l’éléphant … et celle d’Abou Ballas. De l’usage des repose-tête en Afrique, de la préhistoire jusqu’à nos jours. / On the Trail of the Elephant … and that of Abou Ballas / The use of headrests in Africa, from prehistory to the present. » , Primamedia éditions, Brussels, 2021.