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Comb
Object Number 18-25-70/D987
Display Title Comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description Combs, carved bamboo, incised geometric designs, pigmented, long tines
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland / Torres Strait Islands?
Materials Bamboo, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm (8 11/16 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 18-25-70/D987/ D987
Provenance
Collector A. P. Goodwin (1888)
Seller Donated by Unknown (1918)

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