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Object Number 17-41-50/B1556
Display Title Comb with "pig-face" head, wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb, carved wood, 3 teeth, zoomorphic figure and headdress, cracked
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bayaka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm (9 1/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B1556

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