Wooden comb carved to represent a bearded man wearing a hat and riding a horse. Some of the teeth have [?]local repair and have been fixed with a [?]clay or [?]resin.

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden comb carved to represent a bearded man wearing a hat and riding a horse. Some of the teeth have [?]local repair and have been fixed with a [?]clay or [?]resin.
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1966
Date collected: By 1966
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Clay, Material Resin Plant, Process Carved, Process Repaired (local)
Dimensions: Width: max 79 mm, Length: max 182 mm, Length 72 mm teeth
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.471

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