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Hair comb
Object Number 14-9-50/85434
Display Title Hair comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb, wooden teeth, held together with bark strips
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Congo Basin
Materials Wood, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 10.2 x 6 x 0.6 cm (4 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85434

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