Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
AF880
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF880 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bateke |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Long wooden comb; eleven triangular shaped teeth are carved out of the side at one end; above the teeth on both the front and back there is incised a geometric design; body of comb is smooth and the base is pointed. Similiar to AF878, AF879. AF1374, AF1375 |
| Length | 19 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 439 - Other Number |
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