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Headrest
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About this work
In the Bandiagara Cliff villages of the Dogon peoples, carved wooden headrests have been found in burial caves. The Dogon attribute them to the Tellem peoples, who inhabited the region from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Archaeologist Rogier Bedaux, who has excavated in the burial caves, asserts that headrests "do not occur in Dogon contexts."
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Credit lineHeadrest. 11th-14th century. Tellem artist. National Museum of African Art, Gift of William Brill. CC0.
