SOLD / SOLD! MC1636 Nice Headrest East Africa Headrest East Africa

SOLD / SOLD! MC1636 Nice Headrest East Africa Headrest East Africa

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Pretty Neck Support

According to its former owner, this neck support comes from "Karamajo" (Northern Uganda)
Similar ones are found among the Dinka and the Shilluck in South Sudan as well as in Kenya and Ethiopia where this people, the Karamojong, is said to have originated.


Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Neck support, head support
ETHNICITY: Karamojong?
ORIGIN: Uganda?
MATERIAL: Wood.
SIZE: 17x23 cm
CONDITION: Fair
(See photos).

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Bibliography - Headrests - Headrests - Bibliography

-Supports of dreams, Christiane Falgayrettes, Dapper Foundation, 1989

-Head in the stars, Neck support from Africa and elsewhere, Pierre Loos, Thomas Bayet and Sophie Caltaux, Brussels - Bruneaf - 2012

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Eastern Africa

Beautifull Neckrest

According to its former owner, this neckrest comes from "Karamajo" (Northern Uganda)
We can find similar ones among the Dinka an Shilluck in South Sudan, in Kenya and Ethiopia where this people, the Karamojong, would be from

Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Neckrest Headrest
ETHNIC GROUP: Karamojong?
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Uganda?
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: About 6 3/4 x 9 inches
CONDITION: fair
Please have a look on pictures.
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