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Object Number
00-8-70/55289
Display Title
Wooden comb (rare)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Comb, carved wood, incised decoration, openwork handle, large tines
Classification
- Comb
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 46 x 15.5 x 1.1 cm (18 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55289
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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