Neckrest

Description

wood, greyish brown encrusted patina, rising from four vertical struts, the pillow deeply hollowed, incised ornaments, dam., traces of old age and weathering, missing parts;
presumably a burial object. The Tellem buried their dead in communal graves in caves sealed off by mud bricks. Objects presumed to be gifts for the dead were interred with them and seem to relate to the daily activities of the deceased. Headrests with columnar struts were always associated with male skeletons.