Description (Physical description)
Large, black, elaborate double-ended wooden comb with dot and circle and line ornamentation. Cf. Nigeria 54.353.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
'Tips of some prongs broken off and missing.'
Event Date 9/8/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe

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: 'Wood hair comb
20th century
From Nigeria
Made by an African artist'.
Event Date 01/07/2013
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Large, black, double-sided wooden comb with ring and dot and linear ornamentation. The wide-toothed side is symmetrical with scrolled projections on either side of the handle. The narrow-toothed side appears to have been cut in half; on one side of a central stem there is one rectangular projection, the rest mirrors the wide-toothed half.
Event Date 22/9/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe