Comb

Museum number:
9-11023
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011023
Alternate number:
358 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Comb, wooden; 14.5 cm length, 5 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Benares
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 for combing hair. Made by men of the woodworking caste "suthar
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 5 centimeters and length 14.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 9-11023, described as Comb, wooden; 14.5 cm length, 5 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 9-11023, described as Comb, wooden; 14.5 cm length, 5 cm width

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