3 pronged comb carved from a horn. The base of the horn is a small hollow container, by comparison with other specimens in PRM probably a snuff-box.

Collection type: Object
Description: 3 pronged comb carved from a horn. The base of the horn is a small hollow container, by comparison with other specimens in PRM probably a snuff-box.
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
Person: Field collector Kate Theresa Escombe; PRM source Cicely Tower; PRM source Meriel Tower
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1888
Date collected: 1888
Acquisition information: Donated: 02/09/1987
Materials and processes: Material Animal Horn, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 260 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1987.25.13
Associated publications: This object was featured in the Museum’s ‘web gallery’ (‘Selected Objects from the Lower Gallery’) produced during the DCF-funded ‘What’s Upstairs?’ project, 2004–2006, with the following caption: ‘This three-pronged horn comb from South Africa has a small hollow container at the base of the horn. It probably doubled-up as a snuffbox. It was collected in 1888.