Comb

Museum number:
5-14220
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Comb. Wood, bell-shaped with vertical teeth and hole at top, one tooth broken. Length 11 centimeters, width 5 centimeters. Techniques: made by men only, any hard wood; cut wood with axe to get thin flat piece; cut teeth and shape with sharp knife. Context of use: used by anyone for combing hair. This piece was purchased in 1967 by owner.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Iraqw people
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-14220, described as Comb. Wood, bell-shaped with vertical teeth and hole at top, one tooth broken. Length 11 centimeters, width 5 centimeters. Techniques: made by men only, any hard wood; cut wood with axe to get thin flat piece; cut teeth and shape with sharp knife. Context of use: used by anyone for combing hair. This piece was purchased in 1967 by owner.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-14220, described as Comb. Wood, bell-shaped with vertical teeth and hole at top, one tooth broken. Length 11 centimeters, width 5 centimeters. Techniques: made by men only, any hard wood; cut wood with axe to get thin flat piece; cut teeth and shape with sharp knife. Context of use: used by anyone for combing hair. This piece was purchased in 1967 by owner.

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