Wooden headrest with curved rectangular seat and two splayed legs both bound with leather and with two leather loops decorated with strips of aluminium. [JC [OPS Move] 22/3/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden headrest with curved rectangular seat and two splayed legs both bound with leather and with two leather loops decorated with strips of aluminium. [JC [OPS Move] 22/3/2017]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; Kerio Valley Tot
Cultural groups: Marakwet; Pokot
Person: Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon; PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1968
Date collected: 1968
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1968
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Aluminium Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Decorated, Process Bound, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 204 mm, Width: max 43 mm, Length: max 84 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1968.20.221 Other numbers: E61
Associated publications: The headrests in the Pokot collection given to the Museum by Jean Brown are discussed on page 215 (and elsewhere) of African Dream Machines: Style, Identity and Meaning of African Headrests, by Anitra Nettleton (Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2007). Some are illustrated and discussed in detail, but not this object. [JC 7 8 2008]