Context (Acquisition Details)
Offered as a donation in 2012 by the Art Fund as part of a bequest by Dr John Pachmayr. Other items were trandferred to the T-series [Teaching] collections
Event Date 2012
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
A carved wooden Boni headrest.
Event Date 14/11/2012
Author: maa

Context (References)
Art Fund (2013) Art Fund Annual Review 20212-13, p. 32
Captioned: 'This collection of wooden artefacts includes a Tanzanian carved figure of a standing man,a Lega carved mask with a rush beard, a Baule carved figure, a Baule drum tapper and a Boni headrest, a Yoruba Ifa divination
bowl and a pair of Yoruba Ibeji 'figures.
Event Date 2013
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Wooden Boni headrest. Oval base with broad curved supports, both are decorated with carved patterned panels. The rest is oval shaped and curved upwards at both ends.
Event Date 2/3/2022
Author: Louise Puckett