Carved wooden headrest with incised interlace decoration on the legs. [EH [OPS Move] 17/3/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carved wooden headrest with incised interlace decoration on the legs. [EH [OPS Move] 17/3/2017]
Long description: Carved wooden headrest. The seat of the headrest is concavely curved and is sub-rectangular in shape, narrowing at the ends. The base is circular and cracked, and rises slightly to a point in the centre between the two arms that attach the base to the seat. The legs are triangular in section and are slightly curved. The outer face of one leg is carved with interlacing scroll design, and the other with interlacing scrolls and a section of square dots. [EH [OPS Move] 17/3/2017]
Geographical reference: Somalia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Somalia; Afmadow
Cultural groups: Somali; Daarood; Ogaden
Person: Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton; PRM source Diana Powell-Cotton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1935
Date collected: 1934 - 1935
Acquisition information: Donated: 1936
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 170 mm, Width: max 84 mm, Height: max 173 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1936.16.109 Other numbers: 433