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Hair comb of split bamboo with basketry top
Hair comb of split bamboo with basketry top
Object Number 49-32-50/8510
Display Title Hair comb of split bamboo with basketry top
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb, wooden teeth, held together by woven vegetable fiber
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 19.3 x 5.8 x 0.8 cm (7 5/8 x 2 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-32-50/8510

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