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Name HEAD-REST 4
Background / Origin HEADREST, Ethiopia
Description Head-rests were designed to preserve elaborate hairstyles, and to keep the head at the same level as the shoulders during sleep, but their function goes beyond practicality. It is a personal object with many African people, they even carry it all day on their shoulder, believing it receives spiritual forces from ancestors when they are asleep and dreaming.
Reference Number 44/4-25
Height -170mm
Price US$ 95