Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

CG2015-10-95

From: Africa (uncertain) | North America (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Historic

Object Number CG2015-10-95
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Africa (uncertain) | North America (uncertain)
Section Historic
Materials Wood | String
Description

Two-sided combs. with teeth on either side, made from two flat pieces of wood with thin rods between them and all held together with tightly woven string. The string in two different shades of brown and makes a repeating diamond pattern. Ethnographic

Length 8.9 cm
Width 5.8 cm

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