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Object Number 07-45-70/72630
Display Title Man's combs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Combs, wood tines, fiber binding, animal fur, shell, quill and seed decoration
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Humbolt Bay
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 6.5 x 3.4 cm (18 1/2 x 2 9/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 72630

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