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Comb

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Carved wooden comb with a figural handle depicting a standing human form with incised crosshatch and scale patterns, eight long tapered tines below
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Comb
Culture
Baga peoples
Place Made
Africa, Guinea
Medium
Wood, carved
Dimensions
Length: 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.333
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
African Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.