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headrest

The neck support consists of two bamboo arches. A board is attached to the arches with large carvings on both sides and decorated with plant fibres. The bamboo arches are wrapped and connected with rattan.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
headrests
Dimensions
General: 14.8 × 49 × 12.5 cm
Material/Technique
Bamboo; Wood; Rotang; Plant fibre
carved; plaited
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D11030
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D11030

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Papua New Guinea
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Arnold Fabricius - Former Possessors
    Arnold Fabricius - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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