These two dissimilar headrests were acquired as a pair that belonged to a married couple. They differ in that one has two pairs of legs and the other, three; one is taller and longer than the other. Each has only one pair of legs with the distinctive amasumpa designs, a most unexpected asymmetry. The platform of the smaller headrest also curves downwards at its center much more than the other does. Differences in the headrests belonging to couples may occur when the husband and wife have inherited a headrest from their respective parents, and so would have been made at different times and associated, at the time of making, with unrelated families. Even if headrests were commissioned from the same carver, the couple may well have requested that they be carved in different styles. However, this pair has the same patina, indicating that they were acquired at the same time, made from an identical wood, and used in the same household environment.