Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card has a stamp which reads "Coll -Thomas: Don- Bevan"
Card also reads "O.N. 1142" on rear.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 12362 reads: 'Brass comb, handle undecorated on reverse.'
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: Annie Tomkins

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)
Oyiya. A brass comb with six long, tapering teeth. The handle consists of a semicircular top section with a cut out, followed by a rhombus shaped middle with a cut out and an elongated rectangle at the base. All sections of the handle are decorated with a chevron cable or rope effect. The reverse is undecorated but appears to show evidence of tool marks and the casting process.
Event Date 21/9/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins