Comb

Museum number:
11-356
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.25
Description:
Wooden comb
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (grooming tools)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
December 15, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1963-1964 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (November 14, 1963–January 7, 1964), S1966-1967 #73: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (February 20, 1967–March 9, 1967), S1967-1968 #135: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (May 10, 1968–June 19, 1968), and S1970-1971 #5: Dallas Museum of Art (August 20, 1970–December 18, 1970)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 11-356, described as Wooden comb
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 11-356, described as Wooden comb

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