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1911.64.97

Ivory comb with four teeth, circular top and decorated with circle and dot pattern. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/10/2005]

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1911.64.97

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ivory comb with four teeth, circular top and decorated with circle and dot pattern. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/10/2005]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1911
Date collected
By 1911
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1911
Materials and processes
Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 80 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1911.64.97
Research and responses

Mountmorres is probably 6th Viscount William Geoffrey Bouchard de Montmorency Mountmorres (1872-1936), who embarked on a journey through the Congo in 1904. He also wrote papers on West Africa: 'Maize, cocoa and rubber: Hints on their production in West Africa', 'The commercial possibilities of West Africa' and 'The Congo Independent State, a report'. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/10/2005]

Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Hair Ornament, Toilet Article

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