Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card has a stamp which reads "Coll -Thomas: Don- Bevan"
Black and white photograph on rear of card. Card also reads "O.N. 1133" on rear.

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Wooden comb, back of figure undecorated.'

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Comb has carved ?female figure on handle, with fibre string loop attached around neck. One tooth broken off and missing from comb, fibre string wound around base of teeth.
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.
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (CMS Context)
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; Z12710;
Z 12711; Z 25392; Z12403; Z 12430; Z 12362; Z 12333'.
Event Date 22/7/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (Physical description)
Oyiya or comb carved from wood. Handle carved like a seated human figure facing to the side; rectangular shoulder and six tapering prongs; cotton fibre wrapped around prongs below the shoulder; cotton loop tied around the neck of the figure. One prong broken and missing; two holes through one of the prongs.
Event Date 21/10/2021
Author: Katrina Dring