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Mursi Comb (Ethiopia) side 1

Posted by Eva Baby on March 6, 2015 at 9:50am
length 18 cm, made of dark wood and beautiful shiny copper, I think this is worn by the Mursi MEN (Ethiopia), but both sides are almost identical, apart from a small knot on one side.
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  • Eva Baby March 6, 2015 at 9:59pm

    eventually it is a Hamer comb and not Mursi, as Ingrid said.

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