Combs

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Object Number 07-30-70/72473.1

Display Title Combs

Descriptions

Object Description Combs "Ornamented combs, patterned combs worn in the hair by men, the patterns of the neck and body of the comb are of orchid interwoven with red-stained coconut cuticle laid across the sticks of hardwood or palm wood that they bind together"

Inventory Description Comb, wood, basketry handle, thirty teeth, painted

Classification

Comb

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Malaita Island

Materials Wood, Pigment, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 17.6 x 7 x 1.8 cm (6 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 07-30-70/72473.1

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
07-30-70/72472.1	Combs	Comb	Malaita Island
07-30-70/72473	Combs	Comb	Malaita Island
07-30-70/72472	Combs	Comb	Malaita Island
23-47-70/D1798	Wooden combs	Comb	Solomon islands
969-2-20/23497.1	2 wooden combs; 3 3/4 x 2 1/4"	Comb	Central America
969-2-20/23497.2	2 wooden combs; 3 3/4 x 2 1/4"	Comb	Central America
96-25-70/49413	Ornamented combs	Comb	Papua New Guinea
10-4-20/C5377	Combs	Comb	Yucatan
37-28-30/1441	3 Combs used by both males and females	Comb	Ecuador
48-56-70/3121	Combs made from section of cane	Comb	Samoa
49-14-50/7768	5 combs, of wood and leaf. Chipeso	Comb	Nyasaland
991-17-30/11720A	Set of four ornamental combs; tewash (peinella)	Comb	Ecuador

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