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Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Woman Combing Her Hair
Gift of Frederick J. Myerson
1985/1.130.2
This image shows a line drawing of a standing figure. The figure has a large comb coming from the top of their head drawn with fanned-out lines and little circles along the top and wears a dress with a triangular pattern. He/she has arrows pointing downwards for arms. There are a few horizontal lines directly below and behind the figure to indicate shadow. The letter "K" is found at the bottom of the page, within the print plate and handwritten signature of the artist appears next to it. Below that is a horizontal line with the print edition and date in the lower left and the title of the work in the lower right.
Paul Klee (Swiss)
Die Hexe mit dem Kamm
1922
Museum Purchase
1950/1.170

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Weaving Comb
Gift of Professor George W. Nace
1990/1.181
A nine-toothed comb topped with an anthropomorphic head. The neck and forehead of the 'face' have been decorated with rings of copper wire. The top of the comb is decorated with four rows of geometrical shapes in the front and two rows in the back. 
Comb
1895 – 1905
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
1987/1.154

Songye (Songye)
Comb with Head
1900 – 1983
Museum purchase made possible by the Betty J. Lockett Memorial Fund
1983/1.155

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Comb (pair with 2003/1.374)
1867 – 1899
Gift of Keiko Takeshita, in memory of her father
2003/1.373

Indian (Indian (South Asian))
Nayika bathing
1800 – 1832
Gift of Mr. George P. Bickford for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.112

Hirano Hakuhô
Woman Before a Mirror
1925 – 1935
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1982/1.201
This wooden comb, or <em>cisakulo,</em> is composed of six long teeth and an anthropomorphic support. Its handle includes a rectangular section with multiple bands of diagonal, incised lines. This section along with the teeth of the comb visually form an abstracted body for the delicately carved head, which sits atop the handle. These lined motifs as well as the fine facial features are similar to those found in the figural carvings of the neighboring Chokwe; the striated turbanesque coiffure, however, is distinctly characteristic of the Lwena style.
Lwena (Lwena)
Comb
1875 – 1885
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.203

Jean Lurçat (French (culture or style))
Coiffeur
1930
Museum Purchase
1948/1.275
This laquer comb chest with mother-of-pearl inlays has images of phoenixes and their babies, and deer on the top drawer, and tortoises and mandarin ducks on the bottom drawer, each in a pair. The handles are in the shape of bats.<br /> <br /> This ornate comb case glitters with the overall decoration of mother-of-pearl inlay. This case was used by women to store toiletries, such as cosmetics, combs, and oiled paper for collecting hair that falls off when combing (<em>toeballang</em>), etc. Four drawers of the case are arranged in three rows. The uppermost tier and lowest tier have one drawer each. These are decorated with auspicious images: mandarin ducks, deer, and turtles. At the second row, two drawers are decorated with hexagon patterns. Techniques such as <em>kkeuneumjil</em> (cutting thin nacre threads and attaching them according to the design) and <em>jureumjil</em> (cutting nacre according to the design with fretsaws, scissors, knives, etc. and attaching the piece to the lacquered surface) were use
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Comb Chest (Jage Bitjeup)
19th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.314
This print has four columns of three- and four-pronged objects. Some of the objects are pointing down and others are directed up. The figures are striped in black and white and are set against a yellow background. The print is signed (l.r.) "Capogrossi" and editioned (l.l.) "p.a." in pencil.
Giuseppe Capogrossi
Quarzo VIII
1970
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Clark
1971/1.197
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