Comb, D88.240

Wooden, carved comb. Light coloured, hard wood. Seven teeth, long; spaced wide apart. Straight top, four horizontal lines incised. Four triangles cut out of sides at top. Rounded top of handle.

One of cultures within Ghana West Africa. Around Accra could be Akan. Original documentation says "…collected by donor on the costal fringe of Accra, 1950s." i.e. Ghana, West Africa. Light coloured wood. Comb for man or woman's hair. Wooden carved comb, seven teeth Africa/Ghana Donated by Dr Holdsworth, 35 Greenacres St, Macandrew Bay Collected of material from Ghana,coastal fringe near Accra where he lived in the 1950s Catalogue card: Wooden, carved comb. Light coloured, hard wood. Seven teeth, long; spaced wide apart. Straight top, four horizontal lines incised. Four triangles cut out of sides at top. Rounded top of handle. Donated by Dr Holdsworth, 35 Greenacres St., Macandrew Bay. Collected at Accra. Contemporary work. See card D88.223. 1950s? Height = approx. 155mm. Width across teeth left to right = approx. 46.9mm. —Joel A Vanderburg

Collected from coastal fringe near: Accra