Hair Comb
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Description
A wooden hair comb from the Malaita Island, Papua New Guinea. The comb is made from strips of wood covered with plaited fibre of black palm and cane dyed red and yellow. It has two knotches on the top and 34 teeth.
Production place
The Pacific
Measurements
207mm (height), 82mm (width), 17mm (depth)
Accession number
0012/12
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