Kalimasi gadi

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Object Number 00-8-70/55293

Display Title Kalimasi gadi

Descriptions

Indigenous Term Kalimasi gadi

Object Description Kali - chief's pillow

Inventory Description Carved headrest, cylindrical platform, C-shaped legs, chip carving, fiber cord

Classification

Headrest

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Fiji

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 64.2 x 14.3 x 15.6 cm (25 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 55293

Provenance

Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)

Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)

Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)

Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
00-8-70/55295	Kali - mountain pillow	Headrest	Fiji
00-8-70/55296	Mountain pillow	Headrest	Fiji
98-8-70/51735	Wooden pillow	Headrest	Fiji
47-72-70/2721	Carved wooden pillow with bamboo legs	Headrest	Papua New Guinea
36-105-70/465	Wooden pillow	Headrest	Papua New Guinea
99-15-70/53862	Bamboo pillow	Headrest	Samoa
17-41-50/B1567	Chief's head rest	Headrest	Congo
67-10-70/377	Wooden pillow	Headrest	Fiji
40-24-50/5072	Man's stool or pillow	Headrest	Africa
40-24-50/5071	Man's seat and pillow	Headrest	Africa
06-7-70/65895	Pillow	Headrest	Fiji
67-10-70/303	Wooden pillow	Headrest	Fiji? Tonga?

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