- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden comb with disc-shaped head. Hatched decoration and traces of red pigment. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/2/2006]
- Cultural groups
- Tiv
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- By 1931
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1931
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 37 mm, Length: max 140 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1931.75.18
Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Hair Ornament, Toilet Article
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