Unattributed maker - Xikhigelo (headrest) and associated items

Unattributed maker - Xikhigelo (headrest) and associated items

[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]

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JAG 1987-3-93

[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA, 2015, using JAG materials: Accession number given by JAG on acquisition: 1987 indicates year of accession; 3 is the number of the specific batch in which this item was part; 93 is the item number of the object in the batch. Museum Africa accession number was 50/ ?. See page 98 of Wanless A. 1985. 'Headrests in the Africana Museum.' Part 2. Africana Notes and News, Vol. 26 No. 7 pp. 293 - 294. Pietermaritzburg, Natal: The Natal Witness.]

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Description [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2022, using spreadsheet created by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS, from JAG materials in 2015: Object description: Crossbar was originally rectangular but now has a large slice missing from one quarter. Curved and decorated at the narrow ends with a row of zig-zags carved in relief.Lugs short rectangular blocks. Column is shaped like an S' lying on its side and attached to the base and cross bar by short flat bars which are decorated with incised crosshatching. Panels of crosshatching carved at the sides of the 'S' . Base is ovoid and flaring at the edges Object form type: Headrest; Object material type: Wood; Technique: Carved; Colours: Brown; Object age: late 19th/early 20th century; Production place: Transvaal (now Limpopo Province); Cultural association: Transvaal Tsonga; Place of use: Transvaal (now Limpopo Province); Provenance: Collected at Elim, Transvaal c1930.]