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Wooden pillow
Object Number 00-8-70/55356
Display Title Wooden pillow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headrest, carved wood, peaked ends, curved center, flaring legs and feet
Classification
  • Headrest
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga / <State> / Tongatapu island
Additional Geographic Terms Tongatapu Group
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 20.2 x 45.6 x 12.2 cm (7 15/16 x 17 15/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55356; 21-44; Tonga tabu / Nov. 30 / 1899
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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