Comb (Hair - grooming tool)
P85
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P85 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kayan |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bamboo |
| Description | Hair comb. Flat stick of bamboo, split at bottom to form seventeen teeth. Top carved in decorative scroll, with small round hole, at base of which (on right side) are two semi-circular incised lines. |
| Length | 15.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.