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Comb

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"Double comb carved from wood with an openwork centrepiece. Daintily worked. Swahili" Shape: With large tines on one side and fine tines on the other Colour: Black Pattern: Openwork in the centrepiece in the form of triangles, half-rounds and four squares. In between concentric ring patterns Condition: Good. Only minor damage to some prongs

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Swahîli
Object type
Comb
Dimensions
Height: 0,6 cm
Width: 19,7 cm
Depth: 8,3 cm
Weight: 55 g
Material/Technique
Wood (flat)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 16575

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    20th century (beginning)
    where
    Kenya
    Tanzania
    who
    Swahîli
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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