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Description: | CULT unknown Tonga Polynesia The headrest is rectangular with a curved top and round curved legs and a mid rib underneath. It has been decorated with two shell crescents and painted black and one leg has been broken off.
The stool was originally catalogued as a donation from Dr. George Turner in 1860, however the 1860 list mentions only one headrest from Niue. This headrest is stylistically attributable to the Tongan islands, and has been identified by Adrienne Kaeppler as being of 18th century production. It may also be one of the 'several sleeping stools' mentioned by Captain John Laskey in his 1813 account of the museum, which makes it possible that the headrest was collected on one of the three Pacific voyages of Captain James Cook. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PCOOK : HEADREST : FURNITURE : MUS_2007_TEMP : JEN : : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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