Bamboo tubular headrest with two V-shaped carved wooden legs that are bound at either end to the bamboo through perforations with plaited plant fibre. [SM (Verve) 12/02/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bamboo tubular headrest with two V-shaped carved wooden legs that are bound at either end to the bamboo through perforations with plaited plant fibre. [SM (Verve) 12/02/2014]
Geographical reference: Samoa
Oceania > Polynesia > Samoa
Person: Field collector Joseph King; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1874
Date collected: By 1874
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1886 Found unentered: 2005
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Height: max 150 mm, Width: max 175 mm, Length: max 486 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2005.22.1
Research and responses: This object was Found Unentered during the DCF 04 - 06 'What's Upstairs?' project. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/2/2005]
It seems unlikely that there is more than one Samoan bamboo pillow donated to OUMNH without documentation, so I think this must be the one donated by Joseph King and listed in the Rolleston papers.