Pillow Or Head-Rest
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Charles Wilkes
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "3,279. HEAD-REST.--MADE OF HARD WOOD, CROSSBAR FLATTENED ON TOP, WITH PROPS NEAR EACH END. LENGTH 16 3/4 INCHES. HEIGHT 4 1/2 INCHES. FEJEE ISLANDS. 3,279. COLLECTED BY WILKES' EXPLORING EXPEDITION."
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: Object is marked in ink "WMW".
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: E3279-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headrest
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 42.55 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11.4 cm