Carved wooden comb
- Made:
- 1880-1920
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Carved wooden comb, anthropomorphism (?) in form with 11 prongs and handle which represents stylized head, arms and trunk, geometric decoration, East Africa, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A301665
- Materials:
- wood
- Measurements:
-
length 166 mm
max: width 77 mm
approx: thickness 4 mm
- type:
- comb - grooming tool
- credit:
- Church Missionary Society
