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1920.86.2

Wooden comb with elaborately carved handle. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/2/2006]

1920.86.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden comb with elaborately carved handle. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/2/2006]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Benin
Cultural groups
Edo
Person
Field collector F. Winter
PRM source F. Winter
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1920
Date collected
By 1920
Acquisition information
Exchanged: 08/1920
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Width: max 72 mm, Length: max 380 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1920.86.2
Associated publications
Listed as no B9/17 on p. 2.1.131 in Philip J. C. Dark, An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art, Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1982, where it is provenanced as 'Lower Niger'.

Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament

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