Comb of bamboo with ten teeth, the top incised with geometric patterns.

Collection type: Object
Description: Comb of bamboo with ten teeth, the top incised with geometric patterns.
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Bougainville
Person: Field collector Arthur Henry Voyce; PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1941
Date collected: By 1941
Acquisition information: Donated: 1941
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 193 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1941.2.40 Other numbers: 3013
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Typewritten list of combs bought from Rev. A.H. Voyce. Also two old labels: 'Voyce Combs 28/3/36 Lot Reg. 25/5 but these not mentioned in correspondence. [rev:] Offertory bowl on plinth (SER-KYEM)' and 'Voyce Combs Trade. 23/3/36 Lot unlisted'. These labels were found unattached to any objects so it is unknown which objects they refer to. Also an old PRM label: 'COMBS: PACIFIC Beasley coll. SOLOMON IDS. BOUGAINVILLE' [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/2/2006]

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