Context (Amendments / updates)
NB. Drawing of object on catalogue card with note in pencil reading: '(There is a photo of this on the back of the Z 12752 card). It may have another accession number.

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Label found with comb: 'T.C.2504(g) / COMB'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked with white ink: 'T10.421'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Second hand: 'There are 2 combs bearing this number; the one above and another with no carving but a serrated edge on the handle leading up to a pointed handle.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria.
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Display)
On display in the 'Origins of the Afro Comb: 6000 years of Culture, Politics and Identity' exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum July 1-November 3 2013. The exhibition label states: 'Hair combs
Made from wood (33),
bamboo (34),
midribs of palm leaf
and cotton thread (35)
and bamboo and cotton thread (36)
Before 1914
From Irrua, South Nigeria
Esan, Edo Culture. Made by Esan Artists
Collected by N.W. Thomas. On loan from Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology
Z 12746; Z 12746; Z 12753; Z 12753'.
Event Date 22/7/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (Physical description)
Comb carved from wood. Six short tapering prongs, zigzag edges at top of body; tapering handle with circular cross-section; undecorated.
Event Date 28/10/2021
Author: Katrina Dring