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Headrest
Headrest

Headrest

Date20th century
MediumWood and leather
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 5 3/4 x 7 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (14.6 x 19.4 x 8.3 cm)
ClassificationsWood
Credit LineGift of Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, PhD
Object number2024.22.9
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated in Kenya, 20th century. [Mlaba African Curios, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa], Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, Morrisville, NC, 2002; given to NCMA, 2024. Object Rights Statement

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