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1905.66.1

Comb of bamboo with five splayed out teeth. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 05/10/2010]

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1905.66.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Comb of bamboo with five splayed out teeth. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 05/10/2010]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Central Province Mount Macgregor
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Stevens Auction Rooms
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1905
Date collected
Before 1905
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1905
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length x Width 291 x 95 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1905.66.1
Research and responses

I can find no record of a Mount Macgregor but it was presumably named after Sir William Macgregor who was a governor of PNG [AP 3/5/2000]

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

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