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- Shona peoples
- headrest, before 1909
- Where object was made: Union of South Africa (present-day South Africa)
- wood, metal, carving
- Object Height/Width/Depth: 13.5 x 18 x 5.5 cm width at top
Object Height/Width/Depth: 5 5/16 x 7 1/16 x 2 1/8 in width at top - Gift of Claude D. Brown
- Not on display
- 0000.1702
- Shona peoples
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Multimedia
- Description
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Headrest body formed by a vertical bar in middle with "x" shapes on one side and zig zags on the other, flanked by two sets of concentric circles, each with a triangle above and below. One end of headrest has a zig zag, and the other end has diamond shapes and wire loops.