Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card has a stamp which reads "Coll -Thomas: Don- Bevan"
Black and white photograph on rear. Card also reads "O.N. 1259" on rear.
'See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria'. T.Cotterill,7/5/2001.
Event Date 21/6/2000
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Wood comb, both sides carved, line design only on reverse
Event Date 21/6/2000
Author: maa

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. Carved wooden comb, with a rectangular handle. This section has five small rectangular cut-out sections, and a different carved design on each side; one is a geometric linear design, and the other includes three carved faces, a stylised four-legged animal and rows of zig-zags.
Event Date 20/10/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff