head-rest(pair of)
- Museum number
- Af1939,03.1
- Description
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Pair of carved wooden head-rests, with incised patterns, joined together by a carved wooden chain of three links. Carved, bulbous snuff-containers hang at each end.
- Production date
- 1850-1899
- Dimensions
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Height: 17.50 centimetres
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Width: 85.50 centimetres
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Depth: 7 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1939 description:
Wooden double head-rest and composite sword.
1. S. Africa, 2. Masai, Kenya.
In: Giblin, J., & Spring, C., 2016, ‘South Africa: the art of a nation’. London, Thames and Hudson, pp 131-2
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2016-2017 27 Oct-26 Feb, London, BM, G35, South Africa: the art of a nation
- Condition
- Fair. One stopper missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased with Af1939,03.2 from G.P.L.Miles for 15 shillings, acting on behalf of Beasley and the Cranmore Museum. The two items are recorded as having come from an auction at Stevens.
Register addition "South Africa (H.J.B)[raunholtz]".
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1939,03.1