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 to construct an ambitious representation

to construct an ambitious representation of the increasingly fragmented water cycle

to the 1920s

Jacques Doucet

Publication jeunesse

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 to construct an ambitious representationThe 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