Waodäni Comb
Waodäni Comb
OBJ.000409
Object
mid-1900
Ecuador
N/A
Wood and Thread
4.7 × 4.5 × 0.6 in. (12 × 11.5 × 1.5 cm)
Not on View
This wooden comb was made and used by the Waodäni people of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Elisabeth and her husband Jim became missionaries in the 1950s to these people in remote regions. After Jim’s death, Elisabeth returned as a missionary to Ecuador. The comb was kept by Elisabeth Elliot as a reminder of her time living among the tribe as a Christian missionary.
Created in the mid-1900s by the Waodäni people, Ecuador; Gifted to Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015); Via widowerhood in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
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