As with the previous example, this headrest plays with the ‘headrest within a headrest’ conceit, a style popular in Msinga and the surrounding regions. Overall, however, this design is simpler than the previous example, but no less striking for that. Here, the sway-backed sleeping platform extends quite some length beyond the central block, seeming to hover above the bulky sub-structure, creating a powerful negative shape within the support structure. The oval cross-section of the sleeping platform, almost like a separate element from the block-like base and its horizontal surface, has acquired a warm honey-brown patina from many years of use.

The two outer supports of the headrest are incised with rectangles, which are in turn divided into four triangles by a dividing X-shaped motif. The X is filled with its own grid design. Surprisingly the side view of the headrest reveals that these sturdy supports have a substantial wedge cut into them, creating an allusion to four legs, rather than two.

The block-like form within the headrest evokes a rudimentary dwelling and is attached to the two outer supports by a small block on each side. This entire substructure forms the base and is covered by a diamond pattern that has been meticulously engraved into the dark wood. Some of the patterns used in this headrest resemble those used by the carver Nkwishi Shezi, who lived in the southern region of Msinga.

Notwithstanding the finely tuned articulation and detailing of the headrest, the overall impression that remains is one of a grand monumentality.