Wooden comb with eight prongs and a human head carved on the top and with a small metal chain wrapped around the 'neck'. [JP 2/10/2003]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden comb with eight prongs and a human head carved on the top and with a small metal chain wrapped around the 'neck'. [JP 2/10/2003]
Geographical reference: Congo, Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Republic of; Angola
Africa > Central Africa > Angola
Person: Field collector E.R. Jones; Field collector Mrs E.R. Jones; Field collector Evan Rhys Jones; Field collector Elizabeth Jones; PRM source H.B. Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1915
Date collected: 1910 - 1915
Acquisition information: Donated: 2002
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 175 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2002.91.7
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Correspondence and handlist of the entire collection, including details of objects given to the Museum Handling Collection. [JP 25/9/2003]
Full name of Dr E.R. Jones possibly Evan Rhys Jones, see records at Regent's Park College Angus Library and Archive which suggest he worked in Africa between 1910 and 1920 with his wife Elizabeth. They were Baptist missionaries and medical staff [AP 21/7/2016]

Search terms: Toilet, Comb

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