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Chief's head rest
Object Number 17-41-50/B1567
Display Title Chief's head rest
Descriptions
Object Description Chief's head rest. See conservation record for additional description
Inventory Description Headrest, carved wood, human female figurine, rectangular platform, chipped base
Classification
  • Headrest
Department Ethnographic
Date 1899 or earlier
Culture
  • Baluba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 10 x 8.8 cm (5 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B1567
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George Howe, A. C. Coolidge, and Oric Bates
Provenance
Collector Henri Pareyn (1880s-1890s)
Dealer William O. Oldman (ca.1917 - 1917)
Donor Prof. A. C. Coolidge (1917)
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1917)
Donor Mrs. George P. Howe (1917)

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