Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
20044
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Zanzibar
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 20044 |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Swahili Cluster |
| Provenience | Zanzibar |
| Date Made | Late 19th/ early 20th century |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ebony |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Wooden. Double comb. Long teeth at one end, short at the other. Center section carved with three bands of concentric circles and blocks of parallel lines. Similar to AF 359 |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Length | 26 cm |
| Width | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from F. Kulka, 1897 |
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