Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
37-22-166
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-166 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mendi |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | The form resembles that of 37-22-164, except that the handle proper is not set off by notches. The half-oval is decorated with two lozenges and two ellipses, in cross-hatching, disposed in the form of a cross. There are six prongs. See 37-22-164. |
| Length | 21.2 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 291 - Collector Number |
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