Neck rest
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- Title:
- Neck rest
- Date:
- 1951
- Description:
- Wooden neckrest/headrest with vine cord attached to two holes in the vertical piece of the object; origin Turkana people of Kenya.
- Collection Title:
- Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
- Media Type:
- Objects
- Topical Subject:
- Wood-carving--Africa, East, Turkana (African people)--Material culture, Kenya--Civilization--20th century, Art, Kenyan, Headrests--Africa
- Geographic Subject:
- Africa, Kenya, Africa, Sub-Saharan, Africa, East
- Shelving Locator:
- 1989.001.098e
- Date Digital:
- 2009-08
- Digitization Specifications:
- 300 dpi; Nikon D80 camera; archival images in .tif and .nef formats.
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Copyright status undetermined.
- Access Information:
- For more information contact archivist at the Avery Research Center, 125 Bull Street, Charleston, SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 46989
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