Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
50-21-121
From: Samoa Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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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