Wooden comb

Museum number:
5-13103
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013103
Description:
Fili., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13103, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.8 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Wood carved with small knife; oiled with coconut oil Context of use: Made by special men and used by women Description: Comb; dark wood; long, vertical teeth with broad based, triangular shaped handle carved with concentric squares and triangles. End tooth broken off. 22 1/2 cm x 5 cm.
Collection place:
Basuba, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya, Basuba, Boni
Culture or time period:
Aweer people
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Collection date:
August, 1975
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wooden comb, accession number 5-13103, described as Fili., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13103, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.8 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Wood carved with small knife; oiled with coconut oil Context of use: Made by special men and used by women Description: Comb; dark wood; long, vertical teeth with broad based, triangular shaped handle carved with concentric squares and triangles. End tooth broken off. 22 1/2 cm x 5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wooden comb, accession number 5-13103, described as Fili., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13103, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.8 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Wood carved with small knife; oiled with coconut oil Context of use: Made by special men and used by women Description: Comb; dark wood; long, vertical teeth with broad based, triangular shaped handle carved with concentric squares and triangles. End tooth broken off. 22 1/2 cm x 5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden comb, accession number 5-13103, described as Fili., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13103, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.8 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Wood carved with small knife; oiled with coconut oil Context of use: Made by special men and used by women Description: Comb; dark wood; long, vertical teeth with broad based, triangular shaped handle carved with concentric squares and triangles. End tooth broken off. 22 1/2 cm x 5 cm.

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