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Wooden comb
Object Number 37-98-70/840
Display Title Wooden comb
Descriptions
Indigenous Term soekoesese
Inventory Description Comb, carved wood, rounded handle, teeth inserted into reed, black pigment
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Wood, Reed, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 6.5 x 1 cm (2 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/840

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