Neck Rests

  

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Wood with motifs in high relief, bamboo horns, and ancestor skulls are used only by the men as headrests.
 Item Number 3-43-66
Item Number 4-175-03
 

OBJECT: Neckrest
ARTIST: Maximus Bawar         VILLAGE: Buepis  
MATERIAL: Wood
SIZE: 18"                                     DATE COLLECTED: 2001
COMMENTS: Incised body with the head of an ancestor at each end.
 
 

OBJECT: Neckrest
ARTIST:                                      VILLAGE: Otsjanep 
MATERIAL: Wood
SIZE: 12.5"                      
DATE COLLECTED:2003
COMMENTS:
 Item Number 123
 

OBJECT: Childs Headrest
ARTIST:                                      VILLAGE: 
MATERIAL: Wood, seeds and feathers
SIZE: 18.3"                                DATE COLLECTED:2000
COMMENTS:

 
 
 

 

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