Headrest

Description

Headrest of bright coloured brown wood with curved bar with strip of zigzag carving at each end supported on a bilobed stand by three pillars on an inverted V: East Africa

Museum reference

A.1938.35

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Headrest

Production information

Eastern Africa

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Wood, bright coloured brown; curved bar with strip of zigzag carving at each end

References

Photograph reproduced in Simon Martin, (eds.) Steven Bode and Elena Hill, Film and Video Umbrella (FVU) and Elena Hill, London, 2015. pp. 70-75.