Headrest
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: WOODEN HEADREST CARVED FROM A SINGLE PIECE OF HARDWOOD. THE SIDES CURVE INWARD TO FEET WHICH JUT OUT SLIGHTLY TO GIVE THE HEADREST STABILITY. THE PLACE WHERE THE HEAD RESTS IS CONCAVE. WRITTEN ON HEADREST, "PILLOW, BOX X 24". THIS OBJECT IS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE PACIFIC HALL, NMNH, 1989 [exhibit dismantled in 2004].
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3568-9. MADE OF HARD WOOD, SLIGHTLY INCURVED FOR THE HEAD; CUT OUT OF ONE PIECE OF WOOD; FLAT ON TOP, WITH SUPPORTS AT EITHER END. L. 16", HEIGHT, 6", W. 2 1/4"."
label: Notes
content: Discussed p. 263-265 in Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2019. "A Kato Mosi Kaka and other Treasures from Tonga from the US Exploring Expedition." In Collecting and Provenance: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach. Milosch, Jane and Pearce, Nick, editors. 257–268. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Identified as kali neckrest or pillow.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Sep 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3569-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headrest
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 40.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.5 cm