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Document identity
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159499
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Headrest
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object
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Source metadata
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159499
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object
title
Headrest
date
1900s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79979159
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
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Overall: 13.1 x 6.3 x 16.3 cm (5 3/16 x 2 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)
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Africa, Southern Africa, Mozambique, Shona-style maker
accession
1996.268
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Headrest, 1900s. Africa, Southern Africa, Mozambique, Shona-style maker. Wood and colorant; overall: 13.1 x 6.3 x 16.3 cm (5 3/16 x 2 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harry W. Langworthy, 1996.268
collection
African Art
citations
citation
Curnow, Kathy. <em>At Home in Africa: Design, Beauty, and Pleasing Irregularity in Domestic Settings</em>. 2014. Cleveland, OH: Galleries at Cleveland State University. cat. no. 1-11, p. 16.
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. "CMA Annual Report, 1996" (Cleveland, CMA, 1997) listed p. 46.
citation
Smith, Fred T., Judith Perani, Joseph L. Underwood, and Martha J. Ehrlich. The Visual Arts of Africa : Gender, Power, and Life Cycle Rituals. Second edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 338-339, no. 12.3
creditline
Gift of Harry W. Langworthy
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2026-05-29 08:16:17.765000
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159499
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African Art
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African Art
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Wood and colorant
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