stool (furniture); headrest

Wooden stool.

This object and others were collected by Erich H. Bigalke. According to Anthony Shelton, Bigalke was enlisted as one of a number of 'outside fieldworkers' to collect on behalf of the Horniman Museum. Bigalke collected among the Xhosa and 'neighbouring groups' and the collection was made in cooperation with the East London Museum in South Africa. Presumably, the Horniman Museum’s catalogue details are based on information provided by Bigalke’s (for example, his fieldwork notes). It might be useful to refer to Bigalke’s published work, for example, Bigalke, 1972. See also Shelton, 2003.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1972.365
Date
1972-10-01 COLL
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; metal
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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