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Name HEAD-REST 5
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 45/5-25
Height -200mm
Price US$ 95

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