Comb, wood, twine, feathers
- Museum number:
- 11-42713
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110042713
- Alternate number:
- 55 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.3562
- Description:
- Comb, wood with twine wrapping, top curved, feathers attached to top by wrapping. 38.0 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 38 centimeters
- Images:
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