Carved wood headrest

Made:
1871-1920 in Papua New Guinea
Carved wood headrest, with bent cane legs, lanceolate

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Carved wood headrest, with bent cane legs, lanceolate
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Carved wood headrest, with bent cane legs, lanceolate, decorated with carved anthropomorphic head terminals and carved design on under-surface, from Sepik River region, New Gunea, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A60114
Materials:
wood and cane
type:
headrests
credit:
Tomlinson