Appui-tête "kali" ·  Fidji · ID: 3049747

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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.

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Littérature comparée

Alleva, Anne D', Art of the Pacific, London 1998, p. 42 f.

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Publications

Elder, John Charles, "Art of Polynesia - Selections from the Hemmeter Collection of Polynesian Art", Honolulu, Hawai'i, 1990, p. 54

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