Fiji Womans Headrest Ex Fiji Museum

Provenance: Ex collection Fiji Museum, Suva, inv. N° 536/30 with another illegible number in red paint.

The Fiji Museum collection catalogue for the years 1930-39 lists artifact # 536/30 as a headrest or kali. Country of origin : Fiji and is described as "for a woman".
The catalogue indicates that this headrest was " ... amongst a group of items that were either sold off or returned to their original owners ... "

Literature: Pub. : Oceanic Headrests - Sleep with the Ancestors, Galerie Meyer, Paris, 2004, Fig. 52, p. 76