Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

68-7-42

From: New Guinea | Kiriwina (uncertain) | Dobu (uncertain) | Trobriand Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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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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