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Headrest
1800s–1900s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Headrest
- Date Created: 1800s–1900s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)
- Provenance: Michael Rhodes, New York, NY, Marc and Denyse Ginzberg, New York, NY, (Jacaranda LLC, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Furniture and woodwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.198
- Medium: Wood
- Department: African Art
- Culture: Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Zulu-style carver; Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Kingdom of Eswatini, Swazi-style carver
- Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Collection: African Art
- Accession Number: 2010.198
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