Wooden Tripod Headrest
Unidentified Shilluk maker
collected 1946-1948
Wood
Length: 25 in. (63.5 cm)
Height: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
48.66.11027
Geography
Place Made: Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Furniture
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015
ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015
ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015
WRIT 7.28, Team Communication & Identity: One Team, Two Teams, Red Team, Blue Team, Svetlana Grushina, Winter 2020
WRIT 7.28, Team Communication & Identity: One Team, Two Teams, Red Team, Blue Team, Svetlana Grushina, Spring 2021
First Year Student Enrichment Program, Francine A'Ness, Summer 2021
COCO 21, What's In Your Shoebox?, Francine A'Ness and Mokhtar Bouba, Spring 2022
Provenance
Collected by W.P.G. Thomson, about 1946-1948; Sudan Government; sold to present collection, 1948.
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