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Headrest
Headrest

Headrest

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Sudan
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueWood (Almond, Prunus dulcis)
DimensionsOverall: 15.8 x 23.5 x 7 cm (6 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1383
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K III. 1914excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
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