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Headrest

Medium/TechniqueWood, ivory
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .127 H. .228 Length: .06 W.
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4254
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
Box
4th - 7th century A.D.
Group shot: 13.4363, 13.4200, 20.1494, 40.469
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Pegged inlay
2040–about 1640 B.C.
Furniture inlay
883–612 B.C.
Furniture inlay
883–612 B.C.
Group shot: 65.920-1
883–612 B.C.
Group shot: 65.920-1
883–612 B.C.
Group shot: 65.922-3
883–612 B.C.
Group shot: 65.922-3
883–612 B.C.