comb

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Object Type
Museum number: Af.5460
Description: Comb; carved of wood; comb with twelve teeth, elaborate open-work geometric design on handle.
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Loango (?); Found/Acquired: Democratic Republic of Congo (?); Found/Acquired: Sénégal (?)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 13 centimetres; Width: 8 centimetres; Depth: 1.25 centimetres
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2013 July-November, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Origins of the Afro Comb
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1869
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Af.5460
Additional IDs: CDMS number: Af1869C1.5460 (old CDMS no.); Miscellaneous number: Af1869C0710.237

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