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Headrest
Headrest
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Headrest

Date20th century
Mediumwood
Dimensions14 x 12.2 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 4 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Geneviève McMillan and Reba Stewart Foundation
Object number2009.135
DescriptionPedestal-type headrest with round base and rectagular top with rounded corners. Post has a male face with a beard. Above and below face on post are areas of opposing stripes.
ProvenanceGenevieve McMillan, Cambridge, MA
On View
Not on view
Mask
by 1974
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Ashanti
by 1980
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
English
not later than the 1630s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Italian
1400s–1500s
Charles Willing
John Wollaston the younger
1746
Captain John Larrabee
Joseph Badger
about 1760
Russell Sturgis
Gilbert Stuart
1822
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
English
about 1640–1645
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
English
about 1640–1645
Self-Portrait
Thomas Smith
about 1680