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Object Number 30-32-50/B4503
Display Title Hair comb (sambo)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wood comb, pointed times bound with vegetable fiber
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wahehe
  • Kigogo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Wahehe
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika Territory
Dimensions Overall: 9.3 x 4.3 x 0.7 cm (3 11/16 x 1 11/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-4503

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