Fiji Pillow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LABEL READS "WOODEN PILLOW".
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1568 - 1572 as: ""Kali". Pillows made of wood, or bambu, and placed under the neck, by the Fiji Islanders, so as not to derange their hair."
label: Notes
content: Wooden headrest. One long smooth wooden bar (circum. 8.5 cm) with carved knobs at each end, is held up by two supports - one near each end. The supports are semicircular with flat bases and openwork carving in the center. They attach to the bar by means of sennit cord, which is somehow inserted into the bottom of the bar so that it does not show at the top surface.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2986-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headrest
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 54 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13.5 cm