General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    59655
    Alternate Codes
    objectautoid_sahrisv1_27479
    MA number 50/905
    Common Name
    headrest
    Classified Name
    Local Name
    xihhigelo
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    Narrow crossbar, rectangular and slightly curved. Decorated at narrow edges with a row of incised blackened rectangles. Lugs are small rough cubes. Column consists of anthropomorphic head and torso. Face well defined with eyes made of black and red seed beads, (probably of Erythrina Lysistemom Hutch.)and ears close to head. Torso shows little detail. Arms bent with elbows and forearms resting on base. Fingers, large and well defined. Base circular Comments: The wood used is like the wood used for JAG 1987.3.12, light in colour and weight. Size is similar too which suggests a common origin for these two headrests. The whole of JAG 1987.3.13 is slightly reddened.

    Provenance

    Collected at Elim, Transvaal c1930

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    History
    Object Age Comment
    late 19th/early 20th century
    Collector Comment
    Rev AA Jaques
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
    Site Association
    x y z
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