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Object Number 07-30-70/72458
Display Title Wooden comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden comb, carved wood, flaring tines, openwork geometric handle, flat
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 29.9 x 7.9 x 0.2 cm (11 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72458 / Loma / Comb

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