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comb

The comb consists of eight wooden sticks. The other end is connected to the handle with parinarium putty. The end of the handle depicts a human head and a crocodile head. There are remnants of red and white paint on the handle.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
combs (grooming tools)
Dimensions
General: 6 x 29.4 cm
Material/Technique
Wood; parinarium putty; plant fibre
Flectwerk
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D13299
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D13299

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • 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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