Pillow
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Wood
Measurements
580 mm (Length)90 mm (W)
Place of origin
Sudan
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303917
Summary
A Dinka pillow made from a cylindrical hollowed out piece of wood with central handle and covered with animal hide. One end has a separate cup shape attached with a single thong. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.