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1909.3.3

Wooden hair comb with teeth fanning out, bound round the middle with string. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/10/2005]

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1909.3.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden hair comb with teeth fanning out, bound round the middle with string. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/10/2005]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Massim D'Entrecasteaux Islands Dobu Island
Person
Field collector Andrew Ballantyne
PRM source Diamond Jenness
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1909
Date collected
By 1909
Acquisition information
Donated: 1909
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material String, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length: max 200 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1909.3.3
Research and responses

It is not known how Jenness acquired this piece as he is not known to have visited Papua New Guinea until 1911. It is, however, possible that he acquired it from his brother-in-law, the Reverend Andrew Ballantyne who was a Methodist missionary based at Bwaidoga in the south-east of Goodenough Island. [JC 2 5 2008]

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

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