Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

62-19-19D

From: New Guinea | Eastern Highlands, New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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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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