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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 10226168, member: 8267&quot;]I agree with Any that it is most probably from the Congo region (not Apache or any other Native American). But I am having trouble finding comparative examples. The shape and technique is common among several groups from the Congo region and Gabon, but most of the examples I have found are made entirely of wood and plant fibers, without the woven wire. The wire on yours is probably copper and aluminum. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]510964[/ATTACH] Bayanzi, DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo)</p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1954-23-402" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1954-23-402" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1954-23-402</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510965[/ATTACH]</p><p>Chokwe, DRC</p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1951-04-102" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1951-04-102" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1951-04-102</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510966[/ATTACH] Kuba, DRC</p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1949-46-824" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1949-46-824" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1949-46-824</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510973[/ATTACH] Punu, Gabon</p><p><a href="https://bajag-mujabitsi.blogspot.com/2019/04/lheritage-perdu-des-punu.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bajag-mujabitsi.blogspot.com/2019/04/lheritage-perdu-des-punu.html" rel="nofollow">https://bajag-mujabitsi.blogspot.com/2019/04/lheritage-perdu-des-punu.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The only one I have found with wire used in the weaving is this one, identified as Luba, (also in the DRC) -</p><p><a href="https://www.sftribal.com/product/comb-luba-people-zaire-d-r-congo/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sftribal.com/product/comb-luba-people-zaire-d-r-congo/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sftribal.com/product/comb-luba-people-zaire-d-r-congo/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, the shape and technique is also found in combs from the Solomon Islands. But these use the dark wood of the fern tree rather than the lighter color bamboo used in the Congo examples -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]510974[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/object/solomon-islands-comb-faa-original-palm-leaf-wrapping/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/object/solomon-islands-comb-faa-original-palm-leaf-wrapping/" rel="nofollow">https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/object/solomon-islands-comb-faa-original-palm-leaf-wrapping/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510975[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/LGweb/combs/1921_93_129.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/LGweb/combs/1921_93_129.htm" rel="nofollow">https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/LGweb/combs/1921_93_129.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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