Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

38-24-52

From: Solomon Islands | Bougainville (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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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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