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Small wooden comb, 8 tines, no handle, incised, mapasuli
Small wooden comb, 8 tines, no handle, incised, mapasuli
Object Number 39-39-50/3627
Display Title Small wooden comb, 8 tines, no handle, incised, mapasuli
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mapasuli
Inventory Description Comb, carved wood, 8 tines, perforated at tip of handle, incised linear design
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 9.2 x 5.4 x 0.5 cm (3 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3627

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