Wooden comb with decorated handle (mvas n1ō) ; 14" long, 2 1/8" wide (35.55 cm, 5.36 cm)
Donor:
James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Gabon, Fang...District Medouneu
Culture or time period:
Fang
Collector:
James W. Fernandez
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #99: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (June 27, 1961–July 25, 1961) and S1973-1974 #21: City of San Jose (October 11, 1973–December 4, 1973)