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: 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 consisting of one long wooden bar supported by two semicircular wooden legs, one at each end. Legs attached to headrest bar by braided coconut fiber cord.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Sep 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E2987-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headrest
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 53.2 cm
label: Diameter - Bar Of Headrest
content: 3.9 cm