This series of wooden pillows is listed only in the Black Book. These artefacts were displayed in Case 73 at Bethnal Green Museum and South Kensington Museum.

Black book number

PRM Accession number

Black book entry

Black 1849

1884.3.7

Case 73 1849 Wood pillow Fiji Ids 2919
Added Black book entry - Fijian pillows [Drawing] Flat piece on 4 bowed legs or bamboo on 2 legs

Black 1850

[1884.3.6]

Case 73 1850 Wood pillow Fiji Ids 2923
Added Black book entry - Fijian pillows [Drawing] Flat piece on 4 bowed legs or bamboo on 2 legs
Added Black book entry - Tonga

Black 1851

[1884.3.11]

Case 73 1851 Wood pillow Kaffir [sic] S East Africa

Black 1852

[1884.3.10]

Case 73 1852 Wood pillow double Africa 2920

Black 1853-1855

1884.3.13-15

Case 73 1853 - 1855 Wood pillows Central Africa 2916 2914 2921

Black 1856

1884.3.16

Wooden Pillows. C[ase] 73. 1856. Wooden chair, Dor tribe, Central Africa. Obt'd by Consul Petherick in 1858. (2917).

Black 1857

1884.3.17

Case 73 1857 Wooden pillow Central Africa. Stem ornamented with square perforations 2915
Added Black book entry - Ashanti

Black book page 80 or 80a [Ag 2671]

1884.3.5

Ag 2671 8.12.75 [sic - ?8.10.75] Rosewood head rest (2926) ?Indian or Tongan (Friendly Is) head rest [Drawing] In brown dark wood

Black book page 80a [Ag 1848]

1884.3.4

Ag 1848 Feb 75 Carved head rest (/2925)

Black book page 80a [Ag 2671]

1884.3.1

Ag 2671 8.12.75 [sic - ?8.10.75]Plaited cane head rest (2928) ?Indian

Black book page 80a [Ag 7052]

1884.3.9

Ag 7052 Wooden head rest Fiji (2924)

Black book page 80a [Ag 7456d]

1884.3.3

Ag 7456d Japanese pillow (2927)

Black book page 80a [Ag 8111]

1884.3.22-23

Ag 8111 Two Egyptian wooden pillows for mummies

Black book page 80a [Ag 122][4]

Not matched

Ag 122 13.2.74 Wood Malay pillow ?2918

Black book page 80a

Not matched

8.12.75 [sic above is an entry with the date 8.12.75] Wood pillow Indian ?2929.

AP, March 2011.

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