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1931.83.5

Comb with 20 'barrelled' teeth joined together at one end with string forming a fan-shape.

1931.83.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Comb with 20 'barrelled' teeth joined together at one end with string forming a fan-shape.
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source James Thomas Hooper
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1931
Date collected
By 1931
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1931
Materials and processes
Material String, Material Wood Plant, Process Bound, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 216 mm box, Width: max 171 mm box
Object numbers
Accession number: 1931.83.5
Research and responses

Related Documents File [James Thomas Hooper, Catalogue of Ethnographical Material] - The museum has a photocopy of Hooper's accession and dispersal records, which are bound as two volumes and kept in a separate box file. Items are arranged according to Hooper's own numbering system [RTS 21/11/2003].

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