General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    59700
    Alternate Codes
    objectautoid_sahrisv1_27529
    MA number 50/961
    Common Name
    headrest
    Classified Name
    Local Name
    xikhigelo
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    Rectangular crossbar curved and decorated near one narrow end with a row of incised parallel lines. The corners at the other end have broken off to form a point. One lug is missing. The other is a slim rectangular piece facing the side. Three cylindrical pillars converge at the centre to form a V with a vertical bar in the middle. They rest on a horizontal rectangle which is decorated front and back with incised cross-hatchings, and from which descend two rectangular bars to form an inverted V. The base is two flat roughly circular pieces joined by a bar.

    Provenance

    Collected at Elim, Transvaal c1930

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    Comment: This piece is in very poor condition and has many cracks and repairs which were made before it came to Museum Africa.

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    History
    Object Age Comment
    late 19th/early 20th century
    Collector Comment
    Rev AA Jaques
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    x y z
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