Head rest

Museum number:
5-15624
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015624
Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
Stool, wood, hand-carved, one-piece. Rectangular base, rectangular curved seat. "Squarish" vertical supports with rectangular, vertical openings. Two perforations in each end of seat. Grey, worn, chipped edges. Length 46.5 cm, Width 22.4 cm, Height 30.8 cm. From Central Africa, Nigeria, Asante.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Nigeria; Asante
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headrests
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Head rest, accession number 5-15624, described as Stool, wood, hand-carved, one-piece. Rectangular base, rectangular curved seat. "Squarish" vertical supports with rectangular, vertical openings. Two perforations in each end of seat. Grey, worn, chipped edges. Length 46.5 cm, Width 22.4 cm, Height 30.8 cm. From Central Africa, Nigeria, Asante.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head rest, accession number 5-15624, described as Stool, wood, hand-carved, one-piece. Rectangular base, rectangular curved seat. "Squarish" vertical supports with rectangular, vertical openings. Two perforations in each end of seat. Grey, worn, chipped edges. Length 46.5 cm, Width 22.4 cm, Height 30.8 cm. From Central Africa, Nigeria, Asante.

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