Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

50-21-121

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 50-21-121
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden. Worn as an ornament in the hair. It is carved a jour in very thin wood, in a design consisting mainly of halved lozenges above a starlike figure having 16 rays or branches. The top consists of three slender pointed finials, the central one of serpentine form with two "legs:.

Length 29.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950
Other Number L-9-121 - Other Number

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