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 ARE CURVED INWARD TO THE FEET WHICH JUT OUT SLIGHTLY TO GIVE THE HEADREST STABILITY. THE PLACE WHERE THE HEAD RESTS IS CONCAVE. HAS A PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; WRITTEN ON HEADREST, "...X 21 (4)". LENT TO THE BISHOP MUSEUM, RETURNED 1978. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE OF HARD WOOD, SLIGHTLY INCURVED FOR THE HEAD; CUT OUT OF ONE PIECE OF WOOD; FLAT ON TOP, WITH SUPPORTS AT EITHER END. LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78. (3568). RETURNED FROM BISHOP MUSEUM 2/15/78. LOAN: SITES JAN 9 1987. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated Figure 17.6 p. 265 and 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: E3568-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headrest
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 36.8 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8 cm