Accession No
Z 13041
Description
A comb carved from wood with six tapering and cylindrical prongs. With inward sloping shoulders and a flared terminal with a concave top. Decorated on both sides with carved intersecting lines.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Nigeria; Edo State; Okpe
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 13041; 1720 (Thomas Coll. no. - 1st Cat.); 372 [Thomas Coll. label]
Cultural Affliation
Edo; Okpe
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
51mm x 16mm x 102mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Comb, six prongs, carved top.
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: 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
Description (Physical description)
A comb carved from wood with six tapering and cylindrical prongs. With inward sloping shoulders and a flared terminal with a concave top. Decorated on both sides with carved intersecting lines.
Event Date 22/10/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:128984
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