Comb

Museum number:
5-10136
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010136
Alternate number:
B-2074 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
comb; brass; incised designs; 10 teeth; H. 7 cm.; L. 5.2 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Oyo; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 7 centimeters and length 5.2 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W--12-6 (Murdock 31:31)
Loans:
S1973-1974 #21: City of San Jose (October 11, 1973–December 4, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-10136, described as comb; brass; incised designs; 10 teeth; H. 7 cm.; L. 5.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-10136, described as comb; brass; incised designs; 10 teeth; H. 7 cm.; L. 5.2 cm.

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