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Object Number
30-32-50/B4502
Display Title
Combs (mbucha)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Combs, carved wood, 1 2-tone wood, 1 missing tines withperf. and nailed handle
Classification
- Comb
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ukerewe
- Wakerewe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
/
Ukerewe
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika Territory
Materials
Wood, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 6.9 x 1.4 cm (9 7/16 x 2 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
30-32-50/B4502/ B-5402
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 48-56-70/3121 | Combs made from section of cane |
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| 10-4-20/C5377 | Combs |
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| 96-25-70/49413 | Ornamented combs |
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Papua New Guinea
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| 49-14-50/7771 | 2 combs made of wood and leaves. Chipeso |
Comb
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Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7768 | 5 combs, of wood and leaf. Chipeso |
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Nyasaland
| |
| 96-25-70/49412 | Ornamented combs |
Comb
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Brumer Island region
| |
| 49-14-50/7770 | 2 combs. Chipeso |
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Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7769 | 4 combs. Chipeso |
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Nyasaland
| |
| 07-45-70/72630 | Man's combs |
Comb
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 07-30-70/72460 | Combs of wooden strips |
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