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1932.85.10

Twin headrests joined by chain, all carved from wood. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/10/2005]

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1932.85.10

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Collection type
Object
Description
Twin headrests joined by chain, all carved from wood. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/10/2005]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source James Thomas Hooper
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1932
Date collected
By 1932
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1932
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Painted
Dimensions
Length: max 730 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1932.85.10
Research and responses

Related Documents File [James Thomas Hooper, Catalogue of Ethnographical Material] - The museum has a photocopy of Hooper's accession and dispersal records, which are bound as two volumes and kept in a separate box file. Items are arranged according to Hooper's own numbering system [RTS 21/11/2003].

Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Headrest

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