Headrest "kali" · Fidji · ID: 3049747
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Chistopher B. Hemmeter, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USAJohn Giltsoff, Girona, Spain
Size
H: 17,5 cm
B: 47 cm
H: 6.9 inch
B: 18.5 inch
Description
wood, carved from one piece, base
Headrests were used by chiefs and men of elevated rank to protect the elaborate, decorated hair-styles of which Fijian men were particularly proud.
Comparing literature
Alleva, Anne D', Art of the Pacific, London 1998, p. 42 f.