- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden comb from boy's initiation set.
- Geographical reference
- Ituri Forest
- Cultural groups
- Mbuti
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1954
- Date collected
- 1958
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1959
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 151 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1959.5.36.4 Other PRM accession number: 1959.5.36d
Search terms: Ornament, Ritual and Ceremonial, Status, Hair Ornament, Ceremonial Object
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