Headrest "Bashi Gid"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Oct 1994
label: Collection Date
content: Feb 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Ruth S. Barnes
label: Donor Name
content: Ruth S. Barnes
notes: label: Notes
content: WOODEN HEADREST IS CARVED FROM 1 PIECE. BASE IS FLAT, RECTANGULAR W/ ROUNDED CORNERS. BOTTOM OF BASE HAS A CIRCULAR STAMP W/ AN "X" DESIGN. AROUND SIDES OF BASE IS A CARVED BAND OF OVALS. BODY HAS 2 THIN VERTICAL SUPPORTS THAT CURVE OUT. HEADREST (PILLOW) IS CONVEX W/ CURVED ENDS. EXTERIOR SIDES OF BOTH SUPPORTS & UNDERSIDES OF PILLOW HAVE CARVED DESIGN OF ELABORATE KNOTS & SCROLLS. A PAPER LABEL IS AFFIXED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PILLOW "BASHI GID - 'WODDEN' HEADREST USED BY NOMADS IN BUSH-BAIDOA, FEB. '70." MADE FOR EVERY DAY USE. SEE "SOMALIA IN WORD & IMAGE" (UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA PRESS, 1986).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baydhabo (near), Somalia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Somali
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400217
label: USNM Number
content: E427921-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headrest
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7.7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 17 cm