Comb carved from one piece of wood. The narrow handle is not decorated, but there are the remains of bunches of grey or white feathers bound with fibres to the handle top. The base of the seven long teeth is fibre bound. The feathers are dirty and very fragile. Careful handling required. [ASh [OPS move] 18/5/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Comb carved from one piece of wood. The narrow handle is not decorated, but there are the remains of bunches of grey or white feathers bound with fibres to the handle top. The base of the seven long teeth is fibre bound. The feathers are dirty and very fragile. Careful handling required. [ASh [OPS move] 18/5/2016]
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; West Papua
Person: Field collector G.F. Matthews; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1950
Date collected: By 1950
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bird Feather, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions: Depth: max 3 mm, Width: max 69 mm, Length: max 285 mm, Length 171 mm teeth
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.454 Other numbers: 1950.210.17