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Object Number
33-32-70/40
Display Title
Ornamental hair comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Comb, trapazoidal with tapereing tines, woven and pigmented fiber top
Classification
- Jewelry
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
New Ireland Province
Oceania / Samoa
Oceania / Samoa
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 25.1 x 0.6 cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
33-32-70/40; L52/2/52 / ME
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Eugen Brandeis
(1898-1905 - 1933)
Collector
Antonie Brandeis
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