Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
AF875
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF875 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bashilele |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Wooden comb with twelve long, thin teeth. Both the handle and base of the comb are of woven plant fiber in dark and light colors. Worn thrust into a top knot of hair, the nape of the neck and the front of the head above the forehead being shaved. A cord is tied around the base of the top knot. Very similiar designs are used in wood-carving by the Bushongo and the Bashilele. The latter are an independent branch of the former people. Similiar to AF874. |
| Length | 29.5 cm |
| Width | 8.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 432 - Other Number |
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