Wooden Headrests Common with Kenyan Elders from Pastoral Communities

This wooden-curved headrest is commonly glued to Pokot, Turkana, Maasai and Samburu oldmen in Kenya.

Due to their nomadic lifestyle they would take most of their time resting their backheads and chatting under cold-acacia trees shades while passing time.

They would have it hanging down their waist, tied with animal skin belt with a checked indigenous sheet while carrying with it alongside a thin wooden straight or bow-head walking stick, around alone or herding livestock.

The portable stool will also provide convenience wherever and whenever there is a traditional ceremony where the elders are required to gather around.

An elder staying without the paravanelia will easily be counted as uncultured, not worth any position in the community or rather regarded as a notorious educated or a civilised chap.