Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

P88

From: Borneo

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P88
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Borneo
Date Made Before 1897
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Peel
Description

Hair comb. Flat stick of bamboo, split at bottom to form eight teeth. Above teeth a band of plaited rattan peel. At top some perfunctory (unfinished?) incised carving.

Length 29.2 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898

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