Comb

Museum number:
9-11022
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011022
Alternate number:
357 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
comb, wooden; 10 cm length, 7 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Wood (plant material) (carved)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used as comb anytime by men or women; wide teeth used for combing hair, narrow teeth for removing lice. Made by men of the woodworking caste "suthar
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 7 centimeters and length 10 centimeters
Loans:
S1985-1986 #8: Oakland Museum of California (September 16, 1985–April 16, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 9-11022, described as comb, wooden; 10 cm length, 7 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 9-11022, described as comb, wooden; 10 cm length, 7 cm width

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