comb (hair ornament)

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 3533i
General view of back of Horniman Museum object no 3533i
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 3533i General view of back of Horniman Museum object no 3533i

Comb hair ornament of a large curved sheet of horn, uncarved, with seven silver wire prongs attached below. Presented by Mrs E. Rooney in 1896.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
3533i
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
horn; silver
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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