Comb

Museum number:
5-10137
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010137
Alternate number:
B-1854 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
comb; wood; incised designs; 31 teeth; H. 6.5 cm. L. 10 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ife; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 10 centimeters and height 6.5 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 5-10137, described as comb; wood; incised designs; 31 teeth; H. 6.5 cm. L. 10 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-10137, described as comb; wood; incised designs; 31 teeth; H. 6.5 cm. L. 10 cm.

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