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Wooden comb
Object Number 07-30-70/72459
Display Title Wooden comb
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb, wood, long, curved teeth one end picks at other, geometric cut out center
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 26.8 x 4.5 x 0.2 cm (10 9/16 x 1 3/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72459
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Donated by Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1907)

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