Is this a Japanese neck rest ?

Wouldn’t the base poke into your shoulders?

 

lovely......it's a seat.....maybe too small for your butt.....not everyone's a big stud muffin like you !!!
Should be African...
Likely Ashanti..........maybe Yoruba....

 

https://www.rubylane.com/item/798792-000002305/African-Hand-Carved-Ashanti-Stool?search=1

 

well, maybe the Chief had a petite wife.....or a kid......but there it is ...and it is what it is...

 

Asante Stool, Ghana , Stools indicate status, power and succession of chiefs and kings. Carved from single blocks, Asante (or Ashanti) stools traditionally have crescent-shaped seats, flat bases and complex support structures, which exist in many designs with symbolic meaning

I'm used to head/neck rests being much smaller ...easy to carry around....and less ornate..

here's some,,,

http://christas.dk/category/stools-and-headrests/

 

yours is nice....do not give it away.......

 

Yes...I'd crush it too.....but I'm no slight African Chief !!

 

My cat would like it; I think your son's bengal needs a cat perch!

 

Davey...I like the way you placed this puppy in Furniture......
I would think it should be in Tribal.....but Furniture...made me laugh !!!

 

I laughed at neck rest thingy!

Yep, is! tribal furniture, it's weird but hey, seems like it's worth a few dollars!

 

And funny......you say it's weird.....but I've touched these & bought and sold african head rests.....sooooo...not weird to me !

& that's why we're all valuable here....cuz we each gots our own smarts !!! YAY !!!

 

Yeah, I am thinking a few mins on this "neck rest" and I'd need a doctor! to get me right again! It looks very uncomfortable as a stool as well, a few mins sitting on something like this and i'd have trouble getting back up!

 

the stool's a stool......better than the ground !
& in many parts of Africa....you do not want to sleep or lie down with your head touching the ground......too many parasites looking to climb up into your ears or nose !!!

 

Good point but, I'll think I'll pass on this even if in Africa, I am going to need something a bit more substantial, like a chair & bed!