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 |
Black 1850 |
[1884.3.6] |
Case 73 1850 Wood pillow Fiji Ids 2923 |
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 |
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.