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Carved wooden comb with metal knobs as part of the decoration
Carved wooden comb with metal knobs as part of the decoration
Object Number 2004.24.27833
Display Title Carved wooden comb with metal knobs as part of the decoration
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Grooming and Body Decoration
  • Studio
Subject
  • Metal
  • Wood
  • comb
Department Photographic
Date 1978
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Suriname
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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Carved wooden comb with metal knobs as part of decoration
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