- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Comb or hair ornament. ,Double composite comb with basket-work binding on cross-bars, tipped with red and grey plumes'. [ZM 11/11/2003]
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1884
- Date collected
- Prior to 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Bird Feather, Process Woven, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Length: max 215 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.71.82
Search terms: Ornament, Toilet, Comb, Hair Ornament, Toilet Article
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