Wooden comb, pyro-graved and incised
- Museum number:
- 11-42709
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110042709
- Alternate number:
- 59 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.3562
- Description:
- Comb, wood, pyro-engraved and incised, carved relief head on handle; 29 teeth; yellow, orange, white. length - 40.0 cm., width - 17.7 cm. Hair ornamentation.
- Donor:
- Caroline Mytinger
- Collection place:
- Lower Fly River, Papua New Guinea
- Culture or time period:
- Gogodara
- Collector:
- Caroline Mytinger
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- July 22, 1980
- Context of use:
- Hair ornamentation.
- Department:
- Oceania
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