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Image

Unknown Maker, possibly

Headrest with antelope

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, possibly

Culture

possibly, Shona, Zimbabwe, West African

Title

Headrest with antelope

Year

ca. 1885-1895

Medium

  • wood

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • wood

Materials

wood

Dimensions

16.2 x 7 cm (6 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Dr. Marion Shepard

Object Number

44.026

Type

  • Woodwork

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Manual / Issue 18: Nature

 RISD Museum’s Manual 18 Celebrates Nature

In our [Chamoru] culture, inafa’maolek is our most important value. It roughly translates as “to make good for each other.” Inafa’maolek teaches us that all things are connected and related, including people, environments, and all species. Because all things are interwoven, we must always act with guinaiya and respetu, love and respect.  

–Craig Santos Perez, introduction

Manual 18 explores human interactions with the natural world, from frank awe and deep appreciation of the immediate moment to eternal questions and ancient unfinished business. This issue of Manual complements the exhibition Being and Believing in the Natural World, co-curated by Gina Borromeo, Wai Yee Chiong, and Sháńdíín Brown, on view at the RISD Museum now through May 7, 2023.

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, possibly
Headrest with antelope, ca. 1885-1895
Wood
16.2 x 7 cm (6 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches)
Gift of Dr. Marion Shepard 44.026

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