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Comb

Unknown, 1900

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Comb

Unknown, 1900

Physical Qualities Wood, aluminum alloy, 3 1/8 x 9 15/16 in. (8 x 25.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Geneviève McMillan in Memory of Reba Stewart
Object Number 2008.203
Comb with twelve teeth secured by wire in step design.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Geneviève McMillan, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nichole Bridges, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa," Sept. 25, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012.

Inscribed: On teeth, in white paint and in black ink: "C15".

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