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Object Number 40-24-50/5065
Display Title Man's wooden comb with decorative top
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wood comb, long pointed tines, carved/incised geo. handle, perforated
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nyangwara
  • Nyanbwara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Terakeka
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 11.9 x 4.6 x 0.7 cm (4 11/16 x 1 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-24-50/5065

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