Antique East African Swahili Carved Ebony Hair CombA beautifully carved wooden hair comb, made in the Swahili region of Zanzibar and Mozambique towards the end of the 19th Century. The comb is of the usual hourglass shape, with coarse and fine teeth to its top and bottom. Between, it is decorated with borders of concentric rings and horizontal banding. The comb comes from the Swahili Coastal region and most particularly, the Zanzibar Archipelago. The region has Omani, Portuguese and indigenous