Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
37-22-164
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Shengge
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-164 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Shengge |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Six prongs issuing from a flat half-oval with incised decoration of two crosses separated by a diagonal band of zigzag enclosed between two straight lines. The handle is of a flattened hour-glass shape. These combs are not worn as ornaments, but are employed in hair-dressing. |
| Length | 30.3 cm |
| Width | 7.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | unknown - Collector Number |
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