Headrest platform (legs missing)
probably Middle or Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea19th century
Wood and pigment
Overall: 24 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (62 × 4.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27971
Geography/Culture
Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furniture
Classification
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1990; given to present collection, 1997.
Old Number
O0857
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