Headrest (Komborti matah: "stool for head"); wood; narrow, rectangular; curved top (width: 8½ cm); three thick feet; height: 18 cm; length: 27 cm; width: 17½ cm.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya
Culture or time period:
Rendille
Collector:
Jean Colvin and University Research Expeditions Program
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headrests
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Context of use:
Used and made by men. It is placed under the neck to support the head during sleep. Men try to find a tree with three branches that will form three legs.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Wood from Dawahadado tree; carved from piece of wood with knife and smoothed with stone.