Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked on object: 'T10.411'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
Sketch of object on reverse of catalogue card

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Comb, 9 prongs, slightly carved handle with 2 holes, 1 prong broken, no decoration on reverse
Event Date
Author: maa

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 (12-20)
and bone (21-23)
Before 1914
From Okpe, South Nigeria
Okpe, Edo Culture
Made by Okpe Artists
Collected by N.W. Thomas. On loan from Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Z 12900; Z 12991; Z 13055; Z 12978; Z 12967; Z 13041;
Z 12967; Z 13037; Z 12972; Z 12979; Z 12885; Z 13105'.
Event Date 22/7/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (Amendments / updates)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020

Event Date 1/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
A small comb with nine prongs and a decorated handle. The handle is house-shaped and has two large rectangular holes cut into it, either side of the central band. There are lines roughly incised around the edges of the handle and the central tooth of the comb is broken.
Event Date 1/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
The accession number is marked on the object.
Event Date 9/11/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie