Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
AF869
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF869 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bateke |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Three pronged (fourth broken) wooden comb. Tips of prong are pointed. Top of handle is rounded with incised carvings of lines amd zig zag design, on both the front and the back. |
| Length | 17.5 cm |
| Width | 2.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 422 - Other Number |
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