Headrest
1800s–1900s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Headrest, 1800s–1900s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Zulu-style carver. Wood; overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.198 Headrests served to protect the elaborate coiffures highly fashionable until the early to mid-20th century, and also enhanced contact with the ancestral realm through dreams.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Furniture and woodwork
- Formatted Medium
- Wood
- Medium
- wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 2010.198
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southern Africa, Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); "The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa" cat. no. 6
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 108B Southern African
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