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Head rest
Object Number 21-31-50/B2919
Display Title Head rest
Descriptions
Object Description Head rest. See conservation record for additional description
Inventory Description Wooden headrest, squared/oval shaped base, curved rest with 2 loops, incised, br
Classification
  • Headrest
Department Ethnographic
Date 1921 or earlier
Culture
  • Tsonga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zimbabwe
Africa / South Africa
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 21.2 x 8.6 x 1.3 cm (8 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 21-31-50/B2919 & S. Africa ZULU
Credit Line Gift of Professor H. W. Rand
Provenance
Donor Prof. H. W. Rand (1921)

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