Comb "Kpegbei"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: 5-TEETH WOODEN COMB ATTACHED TO A WOODEN 6-LINK CHAIN. BASE OF COMB HAS CARVED DIAGONAL & SCALLOPED DESIGNS. PAPER LABEL "20" TAPED TO ONE SIDE. CARVER WAS MALE & DID ALL KINDS OF RITUAL CARVING COMBS FOR PLAITING HAIR. CHAIN IS FOR SHOW ONLY. THIS PARTICULAR COMB SERVES A DECORATIVE FUNCTION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Mar 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bai Lago (S/SE of Bo, beyond Koribundu), Bo District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mende
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427493-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 2.5 cm