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Object Number
99-12-70/53519
Display Title
Head rest
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headrest, carved wood, narrow, two legs, slightly flared feet, chipped
Classification
- Headrest
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Tongan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 28.4 x 8.5 x 7 cm (11 3/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53519
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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