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Object Number
39-17-70/1426
Display Title
Woman's ten-pronged wooden comb, carved top
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Comb, carved bamboo, rectangular with ten long teeth, handle at end
Classification
- Comb
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nuboai
- Nubuai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Dutch New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Waropen Coast; Geelvink Bay
Materials
Bamboo
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 3.8 x 0.8 cm (6 11/16 x 1 1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-17-70/1426
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