Wooden Tripod Headrest

Unidentified Shilluk maker

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collected 1946-1948

Wood

Length: 25 in. (63.5 cm)

Height: 9 in. (22.9 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

48.66.11027

Geography

Place Made: Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Furniture

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Course History

ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015

ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015

ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015

WRIT 7.28, Team Communication & Identity: One Team, Two Teams, Red Team, Blue Team, Svetlana Grushina, Winter 2020

WRIT 7.28, Team Communication & Identity: One Team, Two Teams, Red Team, Blue Team, Svetlana Grushina, Spring 2021

First Year Student Enrichment Program, Francine A'Ness, Summer 2021

COCO 21, What's In Your Shoebox?, Francine A'Ness and Mokhtar Bouba, Spring 2022

Provenance

Collected by W.P.G. Thomson, about 1946-1948; Sudan Government; sold to present collection, 1948.

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