Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
AF872
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF872 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bakete |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Seventeen pronged wooden comb prongs fanning outward; prongs are held together by five horizontally placed braided fibers tjat encircle entire piece; in between part of prong is some type of caked material (mud?, plant fiber?) Similiar to AF870, AF871 |
| Length | 8 cm |
| Width | 5.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 430 - Other Number |
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