500437 Snuff Spoon/Comb, late 1800s (bone) by Zulu, (19th century); h:15.24 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Often, snuff spoons made from the rib of an ox or cow were subtly carved to suggest a female body. Decorated with incised designs blackened with cattle fat and ash, many are true hybrid objects, combining a spoon with a long-tined comb or hairpin. Such spoons were typically worn as ornaments in the hair or even the beard, thus signaling the social standing of their wearer. [Constantine Petridis Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); "The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa"] ); Gift of Dori and Daniel Rootenberg, Jacaranda Tribal, New York; South African, out of copyright.