- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Comb-like instrument: carved and ornamented one one side with incised designs: fan-like / comb with carved handle.
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1899
- Date collected
- By 1899
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1899
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 349 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1899.72.4 Other numbers: 161
Search terms: Pottery, Textile, Potter's Tool, Weaving Accessory
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