Willow Back Rest Item Number: 2011.33.3a-b from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Trapezoidal-shaped backrest (a) made of thin willow rods tied together with sinew and edged with red wool cloth. The top of the backrest has a "handle" of deer hide covered with red wool cloth that hangs down in two bands that are woven into the top of the backrest. The handle is used to suspend the backrest from a tripod of wood sticks (b). Condition: good. Some soiling on wool cloth.
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Item History
- Made during 2010
What
- Name
- Willow Back Rest
- Identification Number
- 2011.33.3a-b
- Type of Item
- back rest
- Material
- willow backrest, wool, deer hide, wood sinew tripod and hide
- Measurements
- “Backrest: 69 3/4 x 24 x 1/2 in. (177.2 x 61 x 1.3 cm) Tripod: 64 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 1 in. (164.5 x 8.3 x 2.5 cm)” ?
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- during 2010
Other
- Classification
- Furniture