Weaving comb. 15 metal prongs bent out and around at right angles from a trapezoid base with incised geometric patterns. A wooden handle joins at a right angle. [AF [EFCF project] 20/8/2019]

Collection type: Object
Description: Weaving comb. 15 metal prongs bent out and around at right angles from a trapezoid base with incised geometric patterns. A wooden handle joins at a right angle. [AF [EFCF project] 20/8/2019]
Geographical reference: Morocco
Africa > Northern Africa > Morocco; Tunisia
Africa > Northern Africa > Tunisia
Cultural groups: Berber
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Jenny Balfour-Paul; PRM source Jenny Balfour-Paul
Date / Period: Date made: 1950-1980
Date collected: 1980s
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/03/2016
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Wrought, Process Carved, Process Bent, Process Socketed, Process Incised
Dimensions: Depth: max 110 mm, Width: max 135 mm, Length: max 190 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.37.213
Research and responses: This comb is most likely Moroccan, as it is featured in a drawing in a notebook with notes from a Marrakech market. It would be used when weaving carpets. [AF [EFCF project] 20/8/2019]
Associated publications: Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo in the Arab World, Routledge, 1997 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019] Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans by , British Museum Press, 1998 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019]