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1903.55.129

Carved wooden comb with top carved into scroll shape, incised and painted black and white. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/2/2006]

1903.55.129

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carved wooden comb with top carved into scroll shape, incised and painted black and white. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/2/2006]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Oro Province [Mambari River]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1903
Date collected
Before 1903
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1903
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Lime, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Painted, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Width: max 90 mm, Length: max 210 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1903.55.129

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