Double comb wooden teeth and bone sides, held together in the middle with two wooden bars and string. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/10/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Double comb wooden teeth and bone sides, held together in the middle with two wooden bars and string. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/10/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Zeme Naga
Person: Field collector James Philip Mills; PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1925
Date collected: March 1925
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1925 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Bone, Material String, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions: Width: max 70 mm, Length: max 80 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1928.69.822
Associated publications: Published (with 1884.71.51, 1908.18.11, 1894.18.3, 1892.67.7, 1920.86.3, 1920.100.346) as a PRM postcard; caption (on reverse) reads 'Selection of combs of various materials...'. [JC 8 10 2004] Illustrated in colour (with 1884.71.51, 1908.18.11, 1894.18.3, 1892.67.7, 1920.86.3, 1920.100.346) on page 35 of Pitt Rivers Museum: An Introduction, by Julia Cousins (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2004). Caption (same page) reads: 'Combs made of ivory, wood, brass, and grass, from Assam, South Africa, Nagaland, North America, Japan, and the Solomon Islands.' [JC 8 10 2004]

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