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comb

The comb consists of ten splayed wooden sticks connected with parinarium putty. The flat, triangular handle is also made of parinarium putty, with a bump in the centre and is painted red. The putty is cracked in some places. An old paper label with the handwritten note "Nauer 8 XII 09" is attached to one side of the handle.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
combs (grooming tools)
Dimensions
General: 8 x 24 cm
Material/Technique
Wood; Pigment carved; painted
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D12994
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D12994

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900-1910
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Nauer, Karl - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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