Hair comb

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Hair comb

Swahili artistLinkedCulture matchlcp-586299763a10

Date
about 1800
Medium
Ivory, gold
Culture
Swahili
Department
Arts of Global Africa
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
114833

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Whoever gave this comb to his wife more than 200 years ago must have loved her dearly. Carefully carved and made of precious materials (elephant ivory and gold folio), it’s something the owner would have shown off, perhaps even wearing it in her hair. It would signal that she was among the wealthy elite of Zanzibar, and had married well. Swahili, Tanzania, Africa

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The Mary Ruth Weisel Endowment for Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

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