- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Senie, bamboo comb.
- Long description
- Senie; four pronged comb of bamboo with binding of dark brown climbing fern (lygodium) around its midsection and incised line decoration.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Nuaulu
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 01/02/1971
- Date collected
- 01/02/1971
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 14 August 2024
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Process Carved, Material Fern Plant, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length 183 mm, Width 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2024.20.49 Other numbers: 1971.450
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