Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

P86

From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P86
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kantu'
Provenience Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Pigment
Description

Hair comb. Sugu. Flat stick of bamboo, split at bottom to form eighteen teeth, between two broader segments. Tapering top incised and painted with bands of zig-zags and leaves, between which are meandering curved leafy branches.

Length 29.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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