comb
- Museum number
- Am1952,12.30
- Description
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Wooden comb, ornamented by streamers of yellow and black feathers.
- Dimensions
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Length: 9.50 inches
- Curator's comments
- Register 1952:
Three wooden combs, ornamented by streamers of yellow and black feathers. No. 31 is further decorated with short tassels of yellow and red serrated horn.
Register 1952:
No. 29: Wooden comb, ornamented by streamers of yellow & black feathers.
No. 30: Similar [to Am1952,12.29].
No. 31: Similar [to Am1952,12.29] but with short tassels of yellow & red serrated horn.
Modern. Urubu tribe ("of Tupí stock"). Sout of the Amazon, Brazil.
See author's book "Affable Savages".
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1952
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1952,12.30
