Object Number: E4643

Collection: World Cultures

Object Name: Personal Accessory

Description: Top ornamented with fine coloured grasswork- the handle is woven grass which has been dyed red, yellow and black. The handle is shaped like a narrowed sand-timer, but the lower section is longer and straighter. The lower section has a geometric design of yellow and black whilst the upper section (which fans out slightly) has all 3 colours integrated. There are yellow lines for borders on either side. The background is black with 3 coloumns of yellow and red in the middle. Above this upper section is a longer blackened stick attached with dyed woven fibre. Then out sticks the 19 teeth, also blackened. Below the handle are 3 knobs, (1 in the middle and 1 at either end) are wood which appear to be the ends of the teeth, just shaped into this formation. Described in register as body-scratcher, but almost identical to E4503, a comb.