Fijian. <em>Headrest (Kali)</em>. Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.110.2_acetate_bw.jpg)

Fijian. Headrest (Kali). Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.110.2_acetate_bw.jpg)

Fijian. <em>Headrest (Kali)</em>. Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_overall.jpg)

Fijian. Headrest (Kali). Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_overall.jpg)

Fijian. <em>Headrest (Kali)</em>. Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_top.jpg)

Fijian. Headrest (Kali). Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_top.jpg)

Fijian. <em>Headrest (Kali)</em>. Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_detail02.jpg)

Fijian. Headrest (Kali). Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_detail02.jpg)

Fijian. Headrest (Kali). Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_detail06.jpg)

Fijian. Headrest (Kali). Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_detail07.jpg)

Fijian. Headrest (Kali). Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_detail01.jpg)

Fijian. Headrest (Kali). Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_detail04.jpg)

Fijian. Headrest (Kali). Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_detail03.jpg)

Fijian. Headrest (Kali). Wood, shell, 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 42.110.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.42.110.2_detail05.jpg)

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Headrest (Kali)

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Fijian

MEDIUM Wood, shell

Place Made: Fiji

DIMENSIONS 17 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in. (43.5 x 9 x 11.5 cm) (show scale)

INSCRIPTIONS "80.0/1136" written in white on underside; "42.110.2" written in black on white fabric label on underside

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands

ACCESSION NUMBER 42.110.2

CREDIT LINE By exchange

PROVENANCE Prior to 1942, provenance not yet documented; by 1942, acquired by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY (no. 80.0/1136); March 1942, gift of the American Museum of Natural History to the Brooklyn Museum, by exchange.

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