Comb
- Museum number:
- 5-16431
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016431
- Alternate number:
- B-1352 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- carved wood; handle features a carved head and neck, plus comb base; 7 tines Purchased from Gallery Nimba, Seattle, Washington
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ghana
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa, Ghana, Baule
- Culture or time period:
- Baule
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- 1975
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Combs (grooming tools)
- Function:
- 1.8 Toilet Articles
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- height 25.8 centimeters and width 6.7 centimeters
- Images:
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