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Object Number 40-24-50/5071
Display Title Man's seat and pillow
Descriptions
Object Description Man's seat and pillow - curved wooden platform on cylindrical hide covered support
Inventory Description Headrest or seat, carved wood pedestal, hide covered cylinder and loop, 4 feet
Classification
  • Headrest
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bari
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Terakeka
Materials Wood, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 15.4 x 25.6 x 9.3 cm (6 1/16 x 10 1/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-24-50/5071 & L52/2/280 & SS

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