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Wooden headrest
Object Number 07-13-50/72775
Display Title Wooden headrest
Descriptions
Object Description Headrest. See conservation record for additional description
Inventory Description Head rest, carved wood, X-shaped center, craced
Classification
  • Headrest
Department Ethnographic
Date 1907 or earlier
Culture
  • Southern
  • Tsonga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Africa / Zimbabwe
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 12.8 x 5.5 cm (5 7/16 x 5 1/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 07-13-50/72775
Credit Line Gift of L. C. Jones
Provenance
Dealer William O. Oldman
Donor Dr. Lombard C. Jones (1907)

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