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Comb, wood, twine, feathers
Museum number:
11-42712
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110042712
Alternate number:
56 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
Comb, wood with twine wrapping, curved top with 5 feathers attached by wrapped twine. Single feather attached with purple twine may be later addition. 5 splayed teeth. 37.0 cm. Wood, fiber, feathers. Used as hair ornamentation.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Western Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Materials:
Feather (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
July 22, 1980
Context of use:
hair ornamentation
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 37 centimeters
Images:
Tools