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1954.8.100

Comb of bamboo, the bottom half cut into four teeth, the top half decorated with plait-work in red fibre and yellow orchid stem, the very top carved into a human figure. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/2/2006]

1954.8.100

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Collection type
Object
Description
Comb of bamboo, the bottom half cut into four teeth, the top half decorated with plait-work in red fibre and yellow orchid stem, the very top carved into a human figure. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/2/2006]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
South Bougainville
Person
Field collector Arthur Henry Voyce
PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1934
Date collected
1934
Acquisition information
Donated: 1954
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Orchid Stem Plant, Process Carved, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Length: max 350 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1954.8.100 Other numbers: 3912

Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Figure, Comb, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament

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