General
General
Object Auto ID
59716
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_27545
MA number 50/980
Common Name
headrest
Classified Name
Local Name
xikhigelo
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
Rectangular crossbar curved and decorated near the narrow ends with a row of small zigzags carved in relief. Lugs are half cylinders running from front to back. Two roughly rectangular pillars with broader parts facing sides carved front and back into a series of horizontal rounded corrugations, alternately blackened. Two open front-facing arches extend out from almost the top to near the bottom of the outer sides. Inside the pillars are connected by five horizontal roughly cylindrical bars. Base is flat ovoid with a square piece cut out of centre front and back. Blackened.
Provenance
Collected at Elim, Transvaal c1930
Description
History
History
Object Age Comment
late 19th/early 20th century
Collector Comment
Rev AA Jaques
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