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Object Number
96-25-70/49413
Display Title
Ornamented combs
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Combs, bound wood strip handle, fanned tines, pigmented, 1 with 4 seeds at base
Classification
- Comb
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Seed, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 48 x 8 x 1.1 cm (18 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
49413
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96-25-70/49412 | Ornamented combs |
Comb
|
Brumer Island region
| |
| 49-14-50/7771 | 2 combs made of wood and leaves. Chipeso |
Comb
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 07-30-70/72462 | Combs of wooden strips |
Comb
|
Tonga
| |
| 07-45-70/72630 | Man's combs |
Comb
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 48-56-70/3121 | Combs made from section of cane |
Comb
|
Samoa
| |
| 49-14-50/7769 | 4 combs. Chipeso |
Comb
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 07-45-70/72681 | Combs for men |
Comb
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 07-30-70/72461 | Combs of wooden strips |
Comb
|
Tonga
| |
| 49-14-50/7768 | 5 combs, of wood and leaf. Chipeso |
Comb
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 37-28-30/1441 | 3 Combs used by both males and females |
Comb
|
Ecuador
| |
| 49-14-50/7770 | 2 combs. Chipeso |
Comb
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 07-30-70/72460 | Combs of wooden strips |
Comb
|
Tonga
|