Comb

Museum number:
5-16414
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
wooden comb, carved, eyebrows, small circle eyes with slits, long slender nose, carved ears, and hips. scarification on face, neck, m-shaped hair design, cross hatch design on base of comb, 10 tines. remnants of black paint on face. separate exhibition metal mount.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 7.8 centimeters, height 25 centimeters, and length 3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Comb, accession number 5-16414, described as wooden comb, carved, eyebrows, small circle eyes with slits, long slender nose, carved ears, and hips. scarification on face, neck, m-shaped hair design, cross hatch design on base of comb, 10 tines. remnants of black paint on face. separate exhibition metal mount.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Comb, accession number 5-16414, described as wooden comb, carved, eyebrows, small circle eyes with slits, long slender nose, carved ears, and hips. scarification on face, neck, m-shaped hair design, cross hatch design on base of comb, 10 tines. remnants of black paint on face. separate exhibition metal mount.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Comb, accession number 5-16414, described as wooden comb, carved, eyebrows, small circle eyes with slits, long slender nose, carved ears, and hips. scarification on face, neck, m-shaped hair design, cross hatch design on base of comb, 10 tines. remnants of black paint on face. separate exhibition metal mount.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Comb, accession number 5-16414, described as wooden comb, carved, eyebrows, small circle eyes with slits, long slender nose, carved ears, and hips. scarification on face, neck, m-shaped hair design, cross hatch design on base of comb, 10 tines. remnants of black paint on face. separate exhibition metal mount.

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