Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
37-22-170
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-170 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | The handle is elaborately decorated with carvings in relief and intaglio. The most conspicuous objects represented are at the top: 4 ellipses in strong relief, two of which have the surface carved into rings, so that they resemble warri boards: the other two have a plain concave surface. The half-oval has on one side a palmette, etc. and on the other a more distinctly floral design. Five prongs remain; one is wanting, with one corner of the half-oval from which they issue. See 37-22-164. |
| Length | 29 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 39 - Collector Number |
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