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Head rest
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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