Simple wooden headrest

Made:
1881-1925
Simple wooden headrest, U-shaped, from Tonga, 1881-1925

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Simple wooden headrest, U-shaped, from Tonga, 1881-1925
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Simple wooden headrest, U-shaped, from Tonga, 1881-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A98782
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
length 270 mm
height 113 mm
base: width 82 mm
type:
headrests
credit:
Armytage, Edward

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