Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
62-19-19D
From: New Guinea | Eastern Highlands, New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 62-19-19D |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Gimi |
Provenience | New Guinea | Eastern Highlands, New Guinea |
Locus | Labogai census district | Hegeturu Community |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bamboo | Plant Fiber |
Description | Section of relatively slender bamboo, complete at top then cut away below to form three teeth, two broad with one narrow in middle. Burnt (?) designs of triangles and diamonds. Twisted plant fiber cord passing through hole bored near top. |
Height | 26 cm |
Outside Diameter | 2.2 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Glick, 1962 |
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