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Object Number 39-39-50/4075
Display Title Wooden hair comb - incised decoration, 8 tines ("orusokus")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term orusokus
Inventory Description Comb, carved wood, perf'd handle, incised and pigmented geom. design
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigezi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 6.6 x 1.2 cm (7 1/16 x 2 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4075

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