M0000020: two double edged combs

Previous title, replaced May 2020: No info available about this object

The upper comb is made of cane fibre and is from Benin. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1918 (accession number 10534). No information is known about the second comb. The items are not held by Wellcome Collection.

03 June 1929

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for one of the items (acc. number 10534 image 107)

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.