Old Pokot headrest, carved from one piece with the two splayed curved supports bound with fine leather strips. To either side of the supports is a platted leather strap fastened to the body of the headrest which would have acted as a handle. The neck support of gently curved with two parallel ridges to its underside.
Ex Private Collection, UK
Estimated Period: 1930's
Height: 26 cm
MKM.FGE
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