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Wooden comb
Object Number 2018.8.1
Display Title Wooden comb
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden comb with 12 teeth, handle, and curvilinear design
Inventory Description Comb, carved wood, rounded handle, elongated twelve teeth, black geometric designs
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Date 1968 or earlier
Culture
  • Solomon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms Malaita
Materials Wood , Pigment?
Dimensions Overall: 24.5 × 7.8 × 2.3 cm (9 5/8 × 3 1/16 × 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2018.8.1
Credit Line Gift of Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD, a member of the Anthropological and Medical Expedition to the Solomon Islands, 1968
Provenance
Collector Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD (1968)
Donor Donated by Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD (3/29/18)

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