Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
38-24-52
From: Solomon Islands | Bougainville (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 38-24-52 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Solomon Islands | Bougainville (uncertain) |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bamboo | Pigment |
Description | Bamboo, one piece. Twelve teeth. One side of top (outside of bamboo tube) covered with incised decoration filled with black pigment: a line of four-pointed stars and, below, a line of four-pointed stars in circles. |
Length | 24 cm |
Width | 7.5 cm |
Depth | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Fred Harbert, 1938 |
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