Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
68-7-42
From: New Guinea | Kiriwina (uncertain) | Dobu (uncertain) | Trobriand Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Native Name | Sinata |
Object Number | 68-7-42 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | New Guinea | Kiriwina (uncertain) | Dobu (uncertain) | Trobriand Islands |
Date Made | 1919-1925 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bamboo | Shell | Plant Fiber |
Description | 17 teeth held together with fiber plaiting. Ornamented with 6 red perforated shell disked. |
Height | 31.5 cm |
Width | 8.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. H. Marshall, 1968 |
Other Number | 7.8 - Other Number |
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