Carved wooden hair comb
- Made:
- 1880-1930
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Carved wooden hair comb, 24 line prongs emanating from semi-circular back, waisted handle, two iron loops attached to hole in handle, simple surface carving, Southern Nigerian, 1880-1890
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A120145
- Materials:
- wood and loops, iron
- Measurements:
-
length 240 mm
width 93 mm
handle: thickness 14 mm
- type:
- comb - grooming tool
- credit:
- Jeffreys, M.D.W.
