Accession No
2005.652
Description
Comb made of cotton, wood, bone of arimi (black spider monkey, ateles paniscus). White and purple patterns woven in to it. Some of the teeth of the comb are painted black.
Place
Americas; South America; Suriname; Tëpoe; Trio village; Wayana; Akuriyo
Period
21st century
Source
Grotti, Vanessa [collector and donor]; Brightman, Marc [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2005.652
Cultural Affliation
Trio
Material
Bone; Cotton; Pigment; Wood
Local Term
Measurements
190mm x 95mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Accession register for 2005.652: 'Comb'.
Event Date 2005
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Production / use)
Combs are made by men. One of the typical items for tourists, bartered for a small container known as ton, which can only be purchased in French Guyana (‘tou’ in French Creole).
Event Date 2005
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Fanny Veys: 'The comb has white and purple patterns woven in to it. Some of the teeth of the comb are painted black.'
Event Date 14/6/2006
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Display)
Exhibited: on display in the Maudslay Hall, Amazon case (Case 17-18) from March 2007.
Event Date 3/2007
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Comb made of cotton, wood, bone of arimi (black spider monkey, ateles paniscus).
Event Date 11/5/2014
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Comb made of cotton, wood, bone of arimi (black spider monkey, ateles paniscus). White and purple patterns woven in to it. Some of the teeth of the comb are painted black.
Event Date 3/11/2020
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:267631
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