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Object Number
00-8-70/55371
Display Title
Ornamented comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Comb, sharp wood tines, brown and buff fiber binding, 5 projection end
Classification
- Comb
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
/
<State>
/
Tongatapu island
Additional Geographic Terms
Tongatapu Group
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 22.5 x 5.2 x 5.4 cm (8 7/8 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55371
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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