Headrest Item Number: 3607/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Curved wood headrest carved from a single piece of wood; straight wide legs on either side. Exterior of legs are rounded and interior sides are straight; legs have a small lip at their bases. Bottom of main section of headrest has a sharp ridge running through the middle; diamond-shaped cut in centre of ridge. Rest of headrest is undecorated.
Collected by the donor from the island of Savai'i, in Western Samoa, in 2000. The donor purchased it from a man in the village of Taga, while staying on the island with a Samoan family.