I traveled to the small village of San Antonio la Isla south of Toluca in search of the man who makes wonderful combs out of cow horns. After asking around town, I was directed to the home of Sr. Prudencio Manjarrez. Sr. Manjarrez graciously invited me out of the pouring rain into his workshop where he showed me how he makes the combs. In this photo, Sr. Manjarrez holds the template that he used to cut the horn comb in his left hand.

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Here are some of the cow horn combs that are made by Prudencio Manjarrez from San Antonio la Isla in the state of Mexico.

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When I posted the portrait of Prudencio Manjarrez who makes decorative hair combs from cow horns, I mentioned that horn combs were first made in San Antonio la Isla for the removal of lice and nits from human hair. These are two examples of the fine-toothed lice combs made by Sr. Manjarrez

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In the background of the photo, you can see the press that Sr. Manjarrez uses to heat and straighten slices of cow horns (table in foreground) which he will use to make hair combs. San Antonio la Isla, state of Mexico

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This template is used to fashion cow horn combs by Sr. Prudencio Manjarrez of San Antonio la Isla in the state of Mexico

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