| Title | Neck rest |
| Date | 1954-1989 |
| Material Type | Headrests
|
| Description | Wooden neckrest/headrest with wooden charm attached to a woven vine; vine is attached to central vertical piece with two holes; origin Turkana people of Kenya. |
| Dimensions | Width: 25.5 cm, Height: 19 cm. |
| Subject | Headrests -- Africa
Wood-carving -- Africa, East
Turkana (African people) -- Material culture
Art, Kenyan
Kenya -- Civilization -- 20th century
|
| Geographic Region | Africa
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa, East
Kenya
|
| Collector | Towles, Joseph A.
Turnbull, Colin M.
|
| Collection in Repository | Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
|
| Call Number | 1989.001.098d |
| Holding Institution | Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
|
| Digital Collection | Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
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| Rights | Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424. |
| Media Type | Objects |
