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Isigqiki (Headrest)
Isigqiki (Headrest)

Isigqiki (Headrest)

Dateearly 20th century
MediumWood and pigment
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 7 3/4 x 23 x 3 in. (19.7 x 58.4 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsWood
Credit LineGift of Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, PhD
Object number2024.22.7
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated in South Africa, early 20th century. [Mlaba African Curios, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa], Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, Morrisville, NC, 2002; given to NCMA, 2024.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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