Description (Labels & Markings)
On old label tied to object: 'H.M.M' [stamped text]; 'Afri H H' [ink manuscript]
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1950.533 ?Somalia: 'Wooden headrest with beads'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1950.533 ?Abyssinia: 'Wooden head rest, top covered with cloth + stand with beadwork.'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Amendments / updates)
Catalogue card: 'Label says Abyssinia, but it is probably Somali.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Two catalogue cards exist for this headrest, one stored with the catalogue cards from Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the other with the cards from Somalia.
Event Date 18/2/2022
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The headrest is ceramic, it has previously been described as wooden.
Event Date 2/3/2022
Author: Louise Puckett

Description (Physical description)
Ceramic headrest. Conical base made from red ceramic, the stem is central and cylindrical and supports a curved rectangular neck support. The base is decorated with zig zagged green, red, yellow and white glass beads while the neck support is covered in multiple layers of striped fabric. The rectangular support is broken at one end.
Event Date 2/3/2022
Author: Louise Puckett