Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

97-120-668

From: Samoa Islands | Upolu | Apia

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 97-120-668
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands | Upolu | Apia
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Plant Fiber | Glass
Description

Twenty-six teeth, bound together at top with five rows of small blue glass beads (some missing). Open triangular grip.

"comb, made and worn by women"

Length 16.5 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-120-668 - Old Museum Number | 10610 - ANSP Number | 104/76 - Collector Number

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