Wooden comb from the Unjanjembés
1800 (?) - before 1893WoodH x L x P: 22.3 x 9.3 x 0.7 cm
Object: Wooden comb from the Unjanjembés
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unjanjembés, attributed to | Manufacturer
- Title:
- Wooden comb from the Unjanjembés
- Date:
- 1800 (?) - before 1893
- Inventory Number:
- 1898-013/080
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Arts and Crafts
- Designation:
- Comb
- Iconography:
- Geometric form ornament
- Material | Technique:
- Wood
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 22.3 x 9.3 x 0.7 cm
- Description:
- On one side twelve large teeth, on the other twenty-one thinner teeth of 2-3.3 cm. The intermediate part between the teeth is decorated with several rows of concentric circles, as seen on combs from the Merovingian period. - Descriptive inventory by Nicolas Van Werveke of the Spring ethnographic collection. N.B.: this is a faithful transcription of Van Werveke's inventory, the terms used in 1898 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Acquisition date:
- 1898
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Tina Pfeifer / MNAHA
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tina Pfeifer
Object: Wooden comb from the Unjanjembés
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Unjanjembés, attributed to | Manufacturer
- Title:
- Wooden comb from the Unjanjembés
- Date:
- 1800 (?) - before 1893
- Inventory Number:
- 1898-013/080
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Arts and Crafts
- Designation:
- Comb
- Iconography:
- Geometric form ornament
- Material | Technique:
- Wood
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 22.3 x 9.3 x 0.7 cm
- Description:
- On one side twelve large teeth, on the other twenty-one thinner teeth of 2-3.3 cm. The intermediate part between the teeth is decorated with several rows of concentric circles, as seen on combs from the Merovingian period. - Descriptive inventory by Nicolas Van Werveke of the Spring ethnographic collection. N.B.: this is a faithful transcription of Van Werveke's inventory, the terms used in 1898 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Acquisition date:
- 1898
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Tina Pfeifer / MNAHA
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tina Pfeifer
