Accession No

Z 25392


Description

Comb carved from wood. Seven tapering prongs and sloping shoulder; handle shaped like two lozenges on top of one another; loop of cord tied around end of handle.


Place

Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Edo State; Uzebba [Ijeba]


Period


Source

Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Professor) [monetary donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 25392; 1230 [Thomas Coll. - 1st Cat.]


Cultural Affliation

Edo; Yekhee


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements

57mm x 18mm x 176mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Wooden comb with 7 prongs and a handle shaped [sketch here] with a piece of string attached to the top.'
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: maa


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 (1, 3-6 & 8),
wood and cotton thread (2 & 7),
copper alloy and brass (9 & 10)
and midribs of palm leaf,
palm leaf fibre
and dye (11).
Before 1914
From Uzebba, South Nigeria
Yekhee, Edo Culture
Made by Yekhee Artists
Collected by N.W. Thomas
On loan from Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Z 25454/Z 12578; Z 12331; Z 12367; Z 12475; Z 12710;
Z 12711; Z 25392; Z 12403; Z 12430; Z 12362; Z 12333'.
Event Date 22/7/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden


Description (Physical description)
Comb carved from wood. Seven tapering prongs and sloping shoulder; handle shaped like two lozenges on top of one another; loop of cord tied around end of handle.
Event Date 22/10/2021
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:126934

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