Shilluk, Sudan
First half of the 20th century
Wood
H.: 17.5; W.: 38; Th.: 4.5 cm
Single piece of wood from a root, naturally shaped to form a tripod base with a straight, rectangular tray.
Bibliography: A similar example is reproduced in Odilon Audouin's book Appuis-nuque de la Corne de l'Afrique (Neck rests from the Horn of Africa), p. 40.
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