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Head Rest

Artist Zulu Peoples
Place of OriginSouth Africa
Daten.d.
DimensionsH: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm); L: 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); W: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
MediumCarved wood.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Popplestone Family
Object number
2006.75
Not on View
Published ReferencesCf. Marc Ginzberg, African Forms, Milan, Skira, 2000, pp. 39-41. Cf. Roy Sieber, African Furniture and Household Objects, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1980, 107-108, p. 122 (above: Zulu double headrest).
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