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comb

Comb consisting of twelve splayed wooden sticks and a double cross stick to fix the teeth. At the opposite end, the sticks are connected with parinarium putty to form the handle. The handle is decorated with incised and notched patterns and painted red, white and black. A stylised crocodile head forms the end of the handle. An old paper label with the handwritten note "Nauer 8 XII 09" is attached to one side.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
combs (grooming tools)
Dimensions
General: 8 x 26 cm
Material/Technique
Wood; Rotang; Parinarium putty; Pigment carved; painted; scored
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D12992
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D12992

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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