Wooden head-rest, in two pieces, the cylindrical top of the neck passing through a hole in the middle of the upper part and held by a wooden peg stuck sideways through a perforation in the upper part and the top of the neck. Oval foot with flat bottom. [MOBB [OPS move] 21/3/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden head-rest, in two pieces, the cylindrical top of the neck passing through a hole in the middle of the upper part and held by a wooden peg stuck sideways through a perforation in the upper part and the top of the neck. Oval foot with flat bottom. [MOBB [OPS move] 21/3/2017]
Geographical reference: Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of; Bisharin district
Cultural groups: Bisharin
Person: Field collector Charles Gabriel Seligman; Field collector Brenda Zara Seligman; PRM source Charles Gabriel Seligman; PRM source Brenda Zara Seligman
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1940
Date collected: By 1940
Acquisition information: Donated: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal Wire, Process Perforated, Process Pegged, Process Repaired (local)
Dimensions: Length: max 188 mm, Height: max 162 mm, Width: max 76 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.12.532
Associated publications: Illustrated (author's drawing) as Figure 31 on page 96 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: '31. Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum (no. 1940.12.532), collected by Charles G. Seligman, Upper Egypt, Bisharin(?) near Assuan, wood, 15 cm h.' Also listed (same information) on page 446 of the 'List of Illustrations'. See also author's discussion on page 74 and note 1 on page 401. [JC 8 5 2008]

Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Headrest

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