head-rest;
container
- Museum number
- Af1953,24.18
- Description
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Head-rest carved from wood. The top of the headrest is decorated with small strips of brass inlay. The central body of the head-rest is bound with woven skin (lizard) which forms a container. It has a wooden plug which is attached with cotton (?) cord.
- Dimensions
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Height: 18 centimetres
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Width: 25 centimetres
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Depth: 10.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1953:
Composite headrest, of wood, with a few metal staples driven into the top, & with a container made between the legs by plaiting lizardskin strips, wooden stopper.
17&18. [A-E SUDAN UGANDA. (MBC)]
Register 1953 later amendment ["UGANDA" crossed through and replaced with]:
BARI tribe (MAC)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2006/7, Kenya, Nairobi Gallery, Hazina: Traditions, Trade and Transitions in Eastern Africa
- Acquisition date
- 1953
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1953,24.18
