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 bound, pasted and covered with plaited fibre of black palm and cane dyed red and yellow. It has one knotch on the top centre and 23 teeth.
Production place
The Pacific
Measurements
Height 238mm Width 62mm Depth 17mm
Maximum Dimension 238mm
Accession number
0014/12
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC-BY

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