Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
AF871
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF871 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bateke |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber | Brass |
| Description | Eighteen pronged wooden comb; fanning outwards;pointed tips; half way between handle and tip there is horizontal braided basketry; in between prongs is some type of caked material(mud?plant fiber?); handle is made of basketry weave; a brass tack is placed through the center of handle. |
| Length | 8.6 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 429 - Other Number |
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