Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
62-19-19B
From: New Guinea | Eastern Highlands, New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 62-19-19B |
| 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. Thirteen teeth. Triangular top with incised designs, red and green pigment. On one side vertical zigzags and two sets of concentric squares, on the other sets of concentric squares at the top with horizontal bands of chevrons, triangles, and zigzags below. |
| Height | 31 cm |
| Width | 10.5 cm |
| Thickness | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Glick, 1962 |
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