Headrest: Female Caryatid Figure
Object type: Headrest
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Artist: Master of the Cascade Coiffure
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Zaire
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wood, beads, plant fiber
Dimensions: H. 6 3/8 × W. 5 1/8 × D. 4 in. (16.2 × 13 × 10.2 cm)
Classification: Wood-Furniture
Geography:     southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Shankadi region 
River: Lovoi River region
Credit line: Gift of Margaret Barton Plass, in honor of William Fagg, C.M.G., 1981
Accession year: 1981
Tags: Caryatids|Women