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top decorated with symmetrical design with scrolling edges; some cutouts in various shapes (teardrops, circles, quatrefoil, bar) inlaid with gold stamped with repeating circular patterns on front and back of comb; tapering teeth

Hair comb, about 1800

Swahili

G254

large door; carved jambs, lintel and central post on door; two complete rows remaining of large iron fasteners on door surface; only two remain in lower row; iron chain, plate and securing pin at top right center of door; four pins along center post on door

Door, mid 19th century

Swahili

G242

folding design with hinge in center--can be unfolded into X shape or folded flat into paddle shape; saddle-like, when unfolded, with handle with ovoid-shaped serrated metal spatula at end; each side of seat carved with star-asterisk designs in regular geometric grid; medium patina

Coconut-grater stool, mid 20th century

Swahili

G254

Two piece construction with top section attached to a ringed staff; figure seated on a small stool on top of a bowl-shaped element with four-sided element inscised with geometric patterns below

Staff, 19th-20th century

Swahili

G254

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