Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

62-19-19C

From: New Guinea | Eastern Highlands, New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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

Bamboo, one piece. Sixteen teeth. Triangular top, incised designs with dark pigment (burnt?). Paired arches, separated by plain horizontal bands toothed at edges. Design unfinished?

Height 33 cm
Width 9.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Glick, 1962

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