Wooden Headrest
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jul 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1966 to 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Diana S. Field
label: Donor Name
content: Diana S. Field
notes: label: Notes
content: WOODEN HEADREST HAS CONICAL DOMED BASE SUPPORTING AN HOURGLASS-SHAPED PANEL SURMOUNTED BY AN UPTURNED, BOWTIE-SHAPED HEAD SUPPORT. CENTER OF PANEL HAS 2 PIERCED HOLES W/ THICK METAL WIRE FOR CARRYING. (REFERENCE: SOTHEBY'S NY CATALOG OF SALE 6559, TRIBAL ART, FRIDAY MAY 6, 1994. CATALOG ENTRIES 194 & 195). WIRE ALSO HAS 2 ANIMAL HIDE KNOTS & A SMALL COIL OF THINNER WIRE WRAPPED AROUND IT. THERE ARE TINY CRACKS, HOLES, & TRACES OF GREEN PAINT IN VARIOUS PLACES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kenya, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pokot
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416097
label: USNM Number
content: E427902-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headrest
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 28 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 18 cm