Comb

Museum number:
5-6961
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
87 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Native name: Kisanui- comb Comb; spade shaped wood with handle; red; l. 20 cm; w. 8 cm. Used by everybody for combing hair. Used by jerking the points in a backward motion. This type of comb is used all over AFrica and made by most tribes in Kenya. Materials: wood- matamayu tree Made by men Purchased by the collector in Nakuru market
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ukambani, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Ukambani; Kamba (Murdock...44:2)
Culture or time period:
Kamba
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Collection date:
1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-6961, described as Native name: Kisanui- comb Comb; spade shaped wood with handle; red; l. 20 cm; w. 8 cm. Used by everybody for combing hair. Used by jerking the points in a backward motion. This type of comb is used all over AFrica and made by most tribes in Kenya. Materials: wood- matamayu tree Made by men Purchased by the collector in Nakuru market
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-6961, described as Native name: Kisanui- comb Comb; spade shaped wood with handle; red; l. 20 cm; w. 8 cm. Used by everybody for combing hair. Used by jerking the points in a backward motion. This type of comb is used all over AFrica and made by most tribes in Kenya. Materials: wood- matamayu tree Made by men Purchased by the collector in Nakuru market

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