Sur la piste de l'éléphant...et celle d'Abou Ballas. De l'usage des reposes-têtes en Afrique, de la préhistoire jusqu'à nos jours. Amérique du nord this third work highlights the

this third work highlights the animals and other chimeras from this collection

to the 1920s

- eleven tombs from the 25th-27th dynasties: the tombs of Râdjaa

and interviews by Claude Viallat in the form of an anthology

Jennifer Lemmer Posey

Sur la piste de l'éléphant...et celle d'Abou Ballas. De l'usage des reposes-têtes en Afrique, de la préhistoire jusqu'à nos jours. Amérique du nord this third work highlights theThe need for a pillow, a headrest, a neck support, is one of the most universally widespread in the human species, as is the need for a seat. Although they are not an exclusively African invention, the oldest known carved headrests nonetheless come from Africa and, for the most part, from Pharaonic Egypt. Their use is attested from prehistory in the Neolithic Sahara and, many centuries ago, in West, Central and South Africa. It continued until the