Head rest

Museum number:
5-8788
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050008788
Alternate number:
B-1181 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2731
Description:
Shona (Zulu) head rest. Purchased, 1965:153, $14.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of South Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, South Africa, Zulu; Purdhased from Lemaire of Amsterdam
Culture or time period:
Zulu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headrests
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
December 23, 1970
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 15 centimeters and width 11 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-21-11
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), and S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Head rest, accession number 5-8788, described as Shona (Zulu) head rest. Purchased, 1965:153, $14.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head rest, accession number 5-8788, described as Shona (Zulu) head rest. Purchased, 1965:153, $14.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head rest, accession number 5-8788, described as Shona (Zulu) head rest. Purchased, 1965:153, $14.

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