- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bamboo comb with coarse, widely spaced teeth and incised decoration on the top. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/2/2006]
- Cultural groups
- Semai
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1891
- Date collected
- By 1891
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1891
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 117 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1891.55.22
Search terms: Toilet, Ornament, Comb, Toilet Article, Hair Ornament
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