- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden comb with incised top, with a ring on top of a handle. A metal ring is attached. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/10/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Ikwerre Igbo
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1916
- Date collected
- By 1916
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1916
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 250 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1916.45.64
Search terms: Ornament, Toilet, Comb, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament
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