Comb (Hair - grooming tool)

P83

From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P83
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kayan
Provenience Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Peel
Description

Hair comb. Flat stick of bamboo, split at bottom to form twelve teeth. Top decoratively shaped with circular incised carving on both faces, band of ornamental knotted rattan peel.

Length 20.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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