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Object Number 49-14-50/7768
Display Title 5 combs, of wood and leaf. Chipeso
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Chipeso
Inventory Description Wood combs, pointed tines bound with braided veg fiber, tied together with twine
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 8.2 x 1 cm (6 11/16 x 3 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 49-14-50/7768

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