Senufo Wood Bed, Ivory Coast

The pillow comes with the bed, and cannot be removed.

This bed is Senufo, from the Ivory Coast in West Africa, 19th century, in wood. Senufo carvers are known for beds cut from massive planks and raised on stout legs. The platform here is a long slab of pale wood, rounded at the edges, with a fan-shaped headrest rising near one end and a small round knob beside it. Four thick tapered legs carry it. Ninety-six inches long, 41 deep and 25 high.

Mattresses are a recent idea.