- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Carved wooden headrest. [EH [OPS move] 20/3/2017]
- Long description
- Carved wooden headrest. The seat of the headrest is concavely curved and oblong in shape, and has areas of carved interlace pattern at both ends. The two legs are slightly curved and are carved with a pattern of interlace on the outer face. The base is circular in shape, and rises slightly between the two legs. On the bottom of the base there is a star-shaped decorative carving. [EH [OPS move] 20/3/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1935
- Date collected
- 1934 - 1935
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1936
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Height: max 175 mm, Length: max 177 mm, Diameter: max 74 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1936.16.110 Other numbers: 1911
- Associated publications
- Referred to on page 195 and in note 28 on page 410 of African Dream Machines: Style, Identity and Meaning of African Headrests, by Anitra Nettleton (Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2007). [JC 7 8 2008]
Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Headrest
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