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Comb

Description

Comb with four prongs, of carved wood, the upper part in the form of the body of a male figure, with red glass bead necklace: Africa, Eastern Africa, Zambia, Waramba people, early 20th century

Museum reference

A.1950.280

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Comb, Hair ornament

Production information

Unknown
Zambia, Eastern Africa

Date

Early 20th century

Style / Culture

Waramba

Materials

Wood, Glass

Physical description

Brown wood; four prongs surmounted by upper part of figure of a man holding his cheeks in his hands

Exhibitions

Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland

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Flat bottomed model oomiak (boat), of sealskin, stretched over a wooden framework, commissioned by Isobel Wylie Hutchison: Inuit, North America, South Greenland, Nanortalik, c. 1927

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