- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Comb made of separate teeth of palm wood joined by a cross-bar and gum which is inlaid with pearl shell pieces. Two bird figures carved from pearl shell are tied to the handle. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 16/12/2004]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 03/1936
- Date collected
- By March 1936
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1954
- Materials and processes
- Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Resin Plant, Material Pearl Shell, Process Carved, Process Inlaid
- Dimensions
- Length: max 285 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1954.8.94 Other numbers: 4022
Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament
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