EditorialHeadrest, Luba people, Congo. Such headrests were used all over central Africa, to preserve the complicated hairdos when resting or sleeping. Wood, H: 18,5 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1999.9.1.
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EditorialHeadrest, Luba people, Congo. Such headrests were used all over central Africa, to preserve the complicated hairdos when resting or sleeping. Wood, H: 18,5 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1999.9.1.
EditorialBronze furniture attachment, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Overall: 2 1/16 x 3 7/8 in. (5.2 x 9.9 cm), Bronzes, These two bronze mules? heads (grouped with separable object ) were originally part of the fulcra (headrests) of a Roman ...
EditorialBronze furniture attachment, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Overall: 2 1/16 x 3 7/8 in. (5.2 x 9.9 cm), Bronzes, These two bronze mules? heads (grouped with separable object ) were originally part of the fulcra (headrests) of a Roman ...
EditorialHeadrest, Luba people, Congo. Such headrests were used all over central Africa, to preserve the complicated hairdos when resting or sleeping. Wood, H: 18,5 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1999.9.1.
EditorialCalcite headrest, Egyptian, Old Kingdom, c2350 BC. This headrest is quite simple and austere, as was often the case with objects of Old Kingdom date. It has decorative fluting on the sides of the shaft and the surface of the stone is smoothed, but not ...
EditorialIvory Headrest, 12th dynasty, around 1985-1795 BCE. Such headrests, made normally of wood or stone, were used to support the head of the deceased. Support of the arch is an " Isis-knot", Isis protecting her husband Osiris and therefor the dea...