- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden headrest with blue and white beadwork decorative band on neck [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/2/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1909
- Date collected
- By 1909
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 05/1909, uncertain Donated: 1909, uncertain Found unentered: 2005
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Bead, Material Glass, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Beadwork, Process Turned
- Dimensions
- Height: max 140 mm, Width: max 135 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2005.35.1
Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Bead, Headrest
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