Comb

Museum number:
5-10124
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010124
Accession number:
Acc.2644
Description:
Comb, wood; large teeth at one end, fine teeth opp. and with one damaged; incised concentric circles on both faces; l. 27 cm.
Donor:
Estate of Hortense Powdermaker
Collection place:
East Africa, Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa attrib.
Collector:
Hortense Powdermaker
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
June 1970
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #96: California State University, East Bay/Viki Tamaradze (May 16, 1973–May 16, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-10124, described as Comb, wood; large teeth at one end, fine teeth opp. and with one damaged; incised concentric circles on both faces; l. 27 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 5-10124, described as Comb, wood; large teeth at one end, fine teeth opp. and with one damaged; incised concentric circles on both faces; l. 27 cm.

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