Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

37-22-165

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 37-22-165
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

The part of the comb from which the prongs [five] proceed is of the same shape as that part of 37-22-164. The decoration of one side consists of two crossed bands of small bosses in intaglio; on the other side is a series of three incised semicircles surmounting two triangles [made up of straight lines parallel to their bases] standing on their spices. The handle resembles a human figure in a long robe with arms outstretched, standing on a short column carved into a spiral. See 37-22-164.

Length 25.3 cm
Width 6.1 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 110 - Collector Number

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