Pillow
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
180 mm (Length)165 mm (W)
Place of origin
Somalia
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303929
Summary
A Somali pillow or headrest carved from a single piece of wood. The pillars supporting a curved neck rest and carved with 'celtic' and geometric designs. Collected Feb 19th 1934. Associated label. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Collected by Lord Egerton, Somalia, 1933
Marks and inscriptions
Associated label. Somali Pillow. No 311A. Feb 19 1934. Bought at Sankuri on the Tana River for 1/4d. Cleaned 15.4.46