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Object Number 17-24-70/D871
Display Title Men's ornamental comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb, eight flared teeth, teeth bound at intervals with thin copper wire to create handle, handle wrapped in brown fur at end, small wooden oval at end, two white feathers protrude from fur
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Humboldt Bay
Dimensions Overall: 36 × 23 × 17.8 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/16 × 7 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D871

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