File:Clevelandart 2010.198.jpg
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Summary
Headrest
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| Title |
Headrest |
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| Description |
As pillows, headrests served to protect the elaborate coiffures highly fashionable until the early to mid- 20th century, and their use also enhanced contact with the ancestral realm through dreams. Their remains in Great Zimbabwe, other ancient ruins, and abandoned 12th-century burial caves attest to the region’s longstanding tradition of producing and using headrests. [Constantine Petridis Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); "The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa"] |
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| Date | 1800 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Wood | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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African Art |
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| Accession number |
2010.198 |
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| Place of creation | Southern Africa, South Africa, Zulu people or Swaziland, Swazi, 19th or 20th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.198 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 17:48, 21 January 2019 | | 3,400 × 2,188 (3.57 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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