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Exhibition HistoryInaugural installation: African Gallery (210), Palmer Museum of Art, June 1, 2024 – present; African Brilliance: A Diplomat's Sixty Years of Collecting, Palmer Museum of Art, February 8 – May 24, 2020 (closed March 17, 2020 due to the pandemic).Published ReferencesDewey, William J., "Catalogue 60: Headrest (Gimma or Gyimme), Gurage People, Ethiopia, and Headrest (Burkano), Kambaata or Hadiya People, Ethiopia” African Brilliance: A Diplomat’s Sixty Years of Collecting, Palmer Museum of Art, 2020, https://exhibitions.psu.edu/s/african-brilliance/page/catalogue-60.
Headrest
Artist
Unknown artist(s)
Date20th century
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall Inches: 7 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 3 7/16 inches; Overall Centimeters: 19.1 x 16.2 x 8.7 cm
Credit LineGift of Allen and Barbara Davis in memory of Margaret F. Plass
Object number2016.174
Collections
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
Object NameDecorative arts
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureSidamo people
NationalityEthiopian
GeographyEthiopia, Africa
On View
On viewCentury
- Twentieth