Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked on comb: 'T10.351'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card Z 13553 A-C: '3 wooden combs. Carved, similarly.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card Z 13553 A: '2264 a Wooden comb carved on both sides with similar but not identical pattern'

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Black and white photograph accompanies catalogue cards


Event Date 12/7/2000
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
One tooth is broken off and missing
Event Date 16/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria. [T.Cotterill]

Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
Thomas Catalogue notes "Ugboviato [?] Nr [writing unclear] Sabongida. See also Z 13550. [R.Hand]
Event Date 22/8/2001
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 and cotton thread (42)
and wood (43-51)
Before 1914
From Sabongidda Ora, South Nigeria
Ora, Edo Culture
Made by Ora Artists
Collected by N.W. Thomas.
On loan from Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Z 13498 A.C; Z 13462 C; Z 13462 B; Z 13498 A.A; Z 13462 A; Z13462 C; Z 13553 A; Z 13498 A.B; Z 13353 C; Z 13553 B'.
Event Date 23/7/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (Physical description)
Comb carved from wood. Small with six tapering prongs and rectangular shoulder; with handle shaped like a triangle with cut-outs, possibly representing two birds; decorated with carved grooves and triangles on both sides. One prong broken and missing.
Event Date 22/10/2021
Author: Katrina Dring