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Object Number 21-28-50/B2749
Display Title Comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb, carved wood teeth woven together w/ veg fiber, rectangular cut-out handle
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Dimensions Overall: 11.9 x 5.3 x 0.5 cm (4 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B2749

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