Headrest of light coloured wood. Oblong concavely curved headrest with short cylindrical support and domed roughly round foot. The foot is hollow underneath. [MOBB [OPS move] 21/3/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Headrest of light coloured wood. Oblong concavely curved headrest with short cylindrical support and domed roughly round foot. The foot is hollow underneath. [MOBB [OPS move] 21/3/2017]
Geographical reference: Angola
Africa > Central Africa > Angola; Southern Angola
Cultural groups: Mwila
Person: Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton; Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton; PRM source Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1936
Date collected: August 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 115 mm, Diameter: max 97 mm, Height: max 147 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.7.231 Other numbers: 37.268 268
Associated publications: Illustrated (author's drawing) as Figure 91 on page 121 of African Dream Machines: Style, Identity and Meaning of African Headrests, by Anitra Nettleton (Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2007). Caption (with image, same page) reads: '91. Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum (no. 1940.7.231) (37.268), collected by Misses A. and D. Powell-Cotton, 1937, donated 1940, Angola, Mwila (Wila), wood, 14 cm h.' Also listed (same information) on page 448 of the 'List of Illustrations'. According to the author's caption, this is also illustrated in black and white (detail only) as Figure 94 on page 122, but this seems unlikely as the other object illustrated in this photograph is in the collections of the British Museum. See also author's discussion on page 90 and note 40 on page 404. [SM 09/05/2008; JC 7 8 2008]

Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Headrest