Hair-Pick And Scratcher
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Nov 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Donna R. Klumpp
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Donna R. Klumpp
notes: label: Notes
content: SMALL, THIN LIGHT BROWN PIECE OF WOOD, SLIGHTLY CURVED, SHARP POINTS AT BOTH ENDS, ONE END HAS CARVED "EYE". COLLECTOR'S COMMENTS: "TAN WOOD WHITTLED CURVED STICK POINTED AT EACH END WITH AN EYELET AS DECORATION AT THE END WHICH PROTRUDES FROM THE HAIR. USED BY TURKANA MEN IN GROOMING AND CARRIED TUCKED UNDER THEIR MUDCAP CHIGNONS TO SCRATCH THE SCALP. PURCHASED IN LOKIRIAMA." FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, SEE THE ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lokiriama, Kenya, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Turkana
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387100
label: USNM Number
content: E425507-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hair-Pick
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 0.04 cm