Headrest

Zulu people, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa

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collected before 1885

Wood

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Rev. Josiah Tyler

13.25.885

Geography/Culture

Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Furniture: Headrest

Classification

Africa

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 16.2, Picasso: The Vollard Suite, Michael R.Taylor, Fall 2013

AAAS 11, Introduction to African Studies, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Spring 2013

Exhibition History

Evolving Perspectives: Highlights from the African Art Collection at the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2013-April 6, 2014.

Publication History

Barbara Thompson, "The African Collection at the Hood Museum of Art," African Arts, Volume XXXVII, No. 2, Los Angeles: African Studies Center, University of California, 2004, ill. p. 16.

Provenance

Collected by Reverend Josiah Tyler (1823-1895), D. D., Missionary to the American Board, Natal, South Africa; given to present collection, 1885.

Old Number

Red # 13.322

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