Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas collection label attached with string: '391 | Ijeba | 1081 / Comb, fine prongs.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Small comb, fine prongs, one broken, plain'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria.
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: maa

Context (Display)
On display in the 'Origins of the Afro Comb: 6000 years of Culture, Politics and Identity' exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum July 1-November 3 2013. The exhibition label states: 'Hair combs
Made from wood (1, 3-6 & 8),
wood and cotton thread (2 & 7),
copper alloy and brass (9 & 10)
and midribs of palm leaf,
palm leaf fibre
and dye (11).
Before 1914
From Uzebba, South Nigeria
Yekhee, Edo Culture
Made by Yekhee Artists
Collected by N.W. Thomas
On loan from Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Z 25454/Z 12578; Z 12331; Z 12367; Z 12475; Z 12710;
Z 12711; Z 25392; Z 12403; Z 12430; Z 12362; Z 12333'.
Event Date 22/7/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (Physical description)
Comb carved from wood. Small with seven tapering prongs; angular shoulder, with handle formed from a crescent shape above a diamond. One prong broken and missing.
Event Date 21/10/2021
Author: Katrina Dring