Headrest
- Date
- 1800s–1900s
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)
- Origin
- Africa
- Culture
- Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Zulu-style carver
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession
- 2010.198
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Headrests served to protect the elaborate coiffures highly fashionable until the early to mid-20th century and also enhanced contact with the ancestral realm through dreams.