Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
37-22-165
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-165 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | The part of the comb from which the prongs [five] proceed is of the same shape as that part of 37-22-164. The decoration of one side consists of two crossed bands of small bosses in intaglio; on the other side is a series of three incised semicircles surmounting two triangles [made up of straight lines parallel to their bases] standing on their spices. The handle resembles a human figure in a long robe with arms outstretched, standing on a short column carved into a spiral. See 37-22-164. |
| Length | 25.3 cm |
| Width | 6.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 110 - Collector Number |
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