Head rests such as this example were fashioned from a single section of a tree, “the legs being branches of the main body” (Ethnic Art Galleries 1967: 21, fig. 54).

REFERENCES

Ethnic Art Galleries. Art of New Guinea: Sepik, Maprik and Highlands; an exhibition

arranged by the Museum and Laboratories of Ethnic Arts and Technology, UCLA

and the Ethnic Arts Council. Los Angeles: University of California, 1967.