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comb

The comb consists of four long wooden sticks that are tied together and wrapped with plant fibres at the upper end. A frond of black feathers is attached to it.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
combs (grooming tools)
Dimensions
General: 26.4 × 6 × 2.3 cm
Material/Technique
Feather; wood; plant fibre
carved; plaited
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D12451
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D12451

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1893
    where
    Bogadjim
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Kapitän Rohde - Former Possessors
    Kapitän Rohde - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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