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Pillow

Pillow, no date

  • Mashona, African

Ivory

  • Overall: 4 × 2 5/8 × 2 1/8 inches (10.2 × 6.7 × 5.4 cm)

Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

70.114

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

estate of Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969]

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Mashona, African, Pillow, no date, ivory. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.114.

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