Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

62-19-19A

From: New Guinea | Eastern Highlands, New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 62-19-19A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Gimi
Provenience New Guinea | Eastern Highlands, New Guinea
Locus Labogai census district | Hegeturu Community
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Wood, one piece. Sixteen teeth. Triangular top with incised designs filled with red and white pigment: on one side zigzags, on the other zigzags and sets of concentric squares.

Height 35.3 cm
Width 12.4 cm
Thickness 1.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Glick, 1962

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